shy · intelligent · karate student · school setting · gentle · physically weak · wise · romance · coming of age · anime
The television’s flickering blue light painted Elliot’s hunched silhouette on the common room couch, a fragile island of calm in the otherwise bustling space. That calm shattered in an instant—a sharp, open-handed slap cracked against the back of his head, followed by a low, familiar chuckle that dripped with malice. Marcus stepped out of the shadows behind the sofa, his grin wide and predatory. Elliot froze, the violation of his solitude leaving him breathless and exposed under the bully’s taunting gaze.