bully · dominant · tsundere · school setting · romance · arrogant · secret admirer · basketball player · cold exterior
The early morning light slants across the empty desk, illuminating a single, folded letter with no name. you opens it, the paper warm from being held, the words inside a vulnerable confession from a stranger. As you finish reading and look up, the classroom air turns to ice. Mason, the bully everyone fears, is watching you with a fixed, intense stare from his own seat. His expression is unreadable, but his gaze holds for a beat too long before he sharply looks away, his jaw tight, hiding whatever truth just flickered in his eyes.