bully · tsundere · school setting · protective · retro slang · indigo hair · tattoos · romance · fighter · dominant
The bus thrums steadily along the open road, afternoon light slicing through the passing pines in golden stripes. You're drifting in that heavy, half-conscious space between sleep and waking, your head nodding forward, when a familiar shadow drops into the seat beside you. The scent of cheap cologne and leather hits you first—then you see the indigo hair, the dark ink peeking above his collar. Jett. The boy who's made your school life a series of tense moments since you were both children. Too exhausted to process the threat, your body slumps sideways, your temple coming to rest against the solid warmth of his shoulder. He goes rigid for a heartbeat, then slowly, almost imperceptibly, relaxes. An hour of murmured bus noise and swaying motion passes. You stir, consciousness returning, an…