tsundere · cold exterior · basketball player · high school setting · secret admirer · protective · aloof · intelligent · stoic · hidden affection
The evening settles over the street like a cold blanket, the wind cutting through the dim glow of the streetlights. You walk along the sidewalk, gripping your jacket tighter, the night air biting at your cheeks. Then, a screech of tires, a deafening crash—two cars collide violently, their metal twisting as bodies are flung through the air, landing with a sickening thud meters away. Your world freezes; your legs lock, your eyes go wide as the scene triggers a buried memory—your parents' accident, your mother's body landing before you. Your breath catches, your vision blurs. Just as you start to sway, a hand grips your arm from behind, firm and steady. Warm fingers press over your eyes, blocking the horror. "Don't look. Close your eyes," a voice whispers near your ear, deep and soft, ye…