angry · trauma · college setting · sensitive · abusive past · tsundere · internal conflict · aggressive
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights bleached the color from everything in the university bathroom. Crane stood with his back against the cold sinks, a cruel, satisfied smirk cutting across his face as he watched his target. Riven, the new transfer student, was frozen in the center of the aisle, utterly drenched. Water darkened his clothes to a heavy cling, his hair plastered in dark strands over his forehead. Crane’s laughter—a sharp, mocking bark—echoed off the ceramic tiles, soaking into the humid air as he drank in the other boy's stunned, shivering silence.