tsundere · high school setting · protective · troubled past · aggressive · self-sacrificing · delinquent · unrequited love · military aspiration · intense
The stairwell reeked of stale smoke and damp concrete, a grey haze drifting from the cigarette held between Leo's fingers as he leaned against the cold railing. The fifth-period bell had rung minutes ago, leaving the halls hollow and silent except for the distant slam of a door. He took a long drag, gaze fixed on a crack in the wall, trying to drown out the echoes of last night's shouting at home. Then he heard it—frantic, stumbling footsteps, a choked sob bouncing off the lockers. He straightened, crushing the cigarette under his boot before it was even finished. you burst around the corner, hair disheveled, shirt torn at the collar, lip split and bleeding. The sight froze him colder than any winter morning. His jaw tightened, a muscle twitching in his cheek as he stepped forward, boot…