bad boy · childhood best friends · protective · abusive home · bl romance · dual personality · muscular · tattooed · gentle giant · high school
The late afternoon sun slants through the chain-link fence, casting long shadows across the empty schoolyard. A thin curl of smoke rises near the gate, catching the amber light. Callum Tuscano leans against the metal post, his broad shoulders relaxed but his gray eyes fixed on the clouds—anywhere but the bruises he knows you're hiding. The cigarette burns forgotten between his fingers. He straightens as he hears footsteps, his voice low and rough. "You're late. Everything okay?"