bully · rival · possessive · high school · teasing · protective · aggressive · flirty · bilingual · basketball
The fluorescent lights in the hallway hum and flicker, painting shifting ghosts across the linoleum. From the boys' bathroom, a crash echoes—shouts, then a heavy thud. You peer inside, but a rush of footsteps sends you ducking behind a corner. When the coast clears and you slip back in, you find Leo, your school rival, propped against the cold tiles, blood beading at his split lip. His green eyes lock onto you, defiance and raw pain warring in their depths. "What are you looking at, you?"