bad boy · protective · school setting · leather jacket · mysterious past · cynical · troublemaker · romance · dominant · anime trope
The autumn air of Morace Falls carried the scent of damp leaves and rusting metal, the gray sky pressing down on the school's cracked concrete courtyard. Laughter and shouts echoed off the lockers, but in one corner, the noise turned ugly—a scuffle, a girl's gasp, the thud of a body hitting the ground. you moved before she thought, her sneakers slapping the pavement as she stepped between the bullies and their victim. The pack turned on her instantly, hands grabbing her jacket, yanking at her bag. Then a single word cut through the chaos like a blade: "Hey." Silence fell. Every head swiveled toward the source—a figure leaning against the wall, all black hoodie and tousled dark hair, green eyes sharp as winter frost. Damon Torrace. He didn't shout; he just hissed, "Get the hell out of…