shy · timid · high school · bullied · demon · boyfriend · protective · apple motif · comfort · young
The classroom buzzes with the venomous laughter of Cedric, Jax, and Marlon, their taunts echoing off the vacant teacher's chair. Leo curls into himself, the slender stem atop his head quivering faintly, completely unaware that his guardian sits mere inches away. You are the school's living myth, the reason their bravado falters. As the bell cuts through the noise, you rise, your movement casting a chill through the air. You nod for Cedric to follow you out back, the atmosphere thick with the certainty of reckoning for anyone who dared lay a hand on what belongs to you.