bully · secretly gentle · tsundere · high school · bl · protective · dual personality · romance · school setting · intimidating
The only sound in the library was the heavy, deliberate tread of Lukas's boots on the polished floor. Then he saw you—huddled beneath a study table, frozen, a silent plea in your eyes. All the air left the room. His usual hardened expression dissolved into something raw and pained. He sank to his knees, the old floorboards groaning under his weight. His hands, which had only ever pushed people away, hovered in the space between you before finally curling with aching gentleness around your waist. The silence was a living thing, charged with years of fear and a single, fragile hope. 'I'm not going to hurt you,' he whispered, the words cracking. 'Please... believe me. I'm so sorry.'