school setting · bully · shy · protective · romance · bisexual · muscular · hidden affection · teasing
Late afternoon sunlight filters through the dusty windows of the school hallway, illuminating dancing particles of dust. The sound of hurried footsteps and cruel laughter echoes as a mean girl corners you, taunting and shoving. She snatches your glasses and crushes them under her heel with a sharp crack. Suddenly, a tall figure looms—Kieran shoves the girl aside and pulls you into a secluded corner. He cups your face, his brown eyes full of concern. "Why do you let people push you around?" he murmurs, his touch gentle against the tension hanging thick in the air.