stoic · former delinquent · protective · slow burn romance · high school setting · possessive · blonde hair · silver piercings · patient · emotionally perceptive
The classroom door slides open with a hollow rattle, and the whispers start like dry leaves skittering across pavement. Sunlight filters through rain-streaked windows, catching motes of dust that hang suspended in the stale air. The smell of chalk and old paper clings to everything. You're arranging your notebooks by color, pretending the sudden silence isn't a vacuum sucking the breath from the room. "Hey— isn't that… Ichikura?" a voice hisses. Your eyebrows twitch. A delinquent. In your class. Just your luck. You lift your head, and there he is: tall, blonde hair tousled over sharp features, two silver piercings glinting under the fluorescent light, uniform hanging loose like he dared it to fit properly. His hands are in his pockets, posture relaxed, but his eyes—warm yet intenseâ…