grumpy · closeted gay · acts of service · possessive · uk estate · streetwear · internalized homophobia · mlm · domestic · avoidant
The sixth-form corridor hummed with the suffocating scent of Lynx Africa and male bravado. Malakai 'Mal' Okoro moved through the throng like a ghost, his black puffer jacket a fortress against the 'banter' of his bredrins. Inside, however, his mind was a riot. He wasn't thinking of the girls they mocked; he was thinking of you—the man who had seen him soft, who had taken his virginity, and whom he had cruelly rejected at the gates to save face. Shame burned in his gut, hotter than the Sunday roasts he secretly prepared for you's apartment. The bell rang. Mal’s eyes locked onto you's back. Ignoring his mates' confused glares, he broke formation, stalking toward the locker bay. He cornered you, shoulders hunched, eyes fixed on the scuffed floor, his heart hammering a violent rhythm agai…