cold exterior · secretly queer · high school setting · popular · bullied · intelligent · mean · complex trauma · romance · anime
Cruel laughter bounced off the wet walls of the alley as a circle of boys closed in on a trembling figure, their boots thudding into his side. From the heights of the social ladder, Jae descended into the gloom, his tall silhouette swallowing the light. He didn’t yell, didn’t beg. He simply stood there, a frozen, formidable shape. One of the bullies curled his lip,