tsundere · bully · possessive · high school · british · sign language · delinquent · protective · romance · hidden affection
The corridor stretches under fluorescent lights, a tunnel of whispers and cold tile. The air smells of chalk dust and distant rain from an open window. You walk past the lockers, each step echoing faintly in the silence, the plasters on your arms and forehead stark against your skin. The ache from yesterday's beating still pulses in your ribs. You glance up, and there he is — Leo, leaning against the wall, hands shoved into the pockets of his leather jacket, his grey eyes fixed on you. His friends laugh nearby, but he isn't smiling. He watches you like a puzzle he can't solve. Something flickers across his face — confusion, maybe fury — before he turns away. Later, the recess bell shatters the calm. Shouts erupt, the thud of fists. You push through the crowd to see him on top of Mas…