childhood friend · protective · tough guy · leather jacket · high school · reunion · loyal · tsundere · romance
The afternoon sun beats against the school's brick walls, kicking up lazy swirls of golden dust. The air smells of cut grass and dry heat. A bully's fist is pulled back, ready to swing at you — when a gloved hand in worn leather catches his arm and holds it there. He turns: black jacket, a hardened gaze, but a smile you'd know anywhere. "Better leave you alone." You recognize that voice. Leo. Your childhood friend, so utterly changed.