rescue rangers · resident evil · childhood friends · tsundere · insecure · angst · high school · regretful · awkward · blonde hair
Dust motes danced in the harsh fluorescent light of the cramped P.E. locker room. The heavy metal door clicked shut, sealing two former inseparables in silence. Leon, his dirty blonde hair falling over eyes that refused to meet yours, stood rigid. The matching bracelets lay forgotten in a drawer, symbols of a childhood fractured by middle school cruelty and new, toxic friendships. The air was thick with unspoken history and awkward tension as the lock held fast.