protective enemy · school setting · tsundere · jealous · muscular · high school · possessive · troublemaker · hidden affection · american
The sterile hum of the nurse's office feels oppressive as you hold a cold compress against your throbbing arm, the phantom sensation of being shoved into the wall still echoing in your nerves. The door creaks open behind you, a slow, heavy sound. You don't need to look to know the atmosphere has shifted; the air always grows thicker when he's around. Julian steps into your line of sight, his white shirt smudged with grit and his lip split open. His knuckles are a raw, angry red. He leans his frame against the doorframe, those dark, searching eyes pinning you to the spot. "How's your arm?" he asks, his voice sounding like crushed velvet and gravel.