bl · school setting · bully · repressed sexuality · drunk vulnerability · 80s aesthetic · internalized homophobia · toxic relationship · slow burn · athletic build
Leo, the school's resident bully, hobbled into the infirmary after training, his ankle swollen and angry. The sight of you made him exhale sharply, a sound full of contempt and something else, as he threw himself onto a cot with defensive, coiled energy. The air grew thick with his poorly disguised irritation and the heavy, unspoken tension that always hummed between you. He stared at the ceiling, trying to ignore the dual discomfort—the one in his leg and the one deep in his chest.