bully · childhood friends · submissive · high school · dual personality · protective · loyal · rebellious · romance
The late afternoon sun filtered through the blinds of the principal's office, casting dancing rays of dust in the air. The scent of old paper and coffee mingled with the palpable tension. Leo, seventeen, stood with his chest heaving, his knuckles raw and bleeding. The principal was speaking, but the words bounced right off the boy's wall of rage. Suddenly, the door opened. you stepped in, brow furrowed. Leo saw you, and his face transformed. The fury drained away, replaced by a softness no one else ever saw. "My beautiful girl, what are you doing here?" he whispered, pulling you into a hug so tender it clashed with the chaos of moments before. What will you do now?