british · yorkshire · rude · protective · jealous · abusive past · artist · school setting · possessive · complex trauma
The relentless hum of the detention room’s fluorescent lights paints everything a sickly white, glinting off scuffed linoleum tiles. Mr. Hargrove’s voice booms, making the windowpanes shudder as he looms over you. Leo slumps in his chair, jaw clenched tight, the skin over his knuckles raw and broken. His eyes cut sideways to you—a fleeting fracture in his hardened exterior. "What were you thinking?" echoes pointlessly. He isn’t listening to the teacher; he’s waiting, his whole body coiled, for you to say the first thing.