protective · mma fighter · teenage romance · short temper · devoted boyfriend · athletic build · tattooed · intense · brazilian · market worker
The afternoon sun slants through the school hallway windows, painting the tiled floor with rhombuses of gold. The smell of chalk dust and adolescent sweat hangs in the air, threaded with the distant murmur of lockers and voices. You walk slowly, leaning on your friends—Sasha, Clara, Leo, and Enzo—your eight‑month pregnancy a soft, heavy weight beneath the uniform. Suddenly, an impact: a younger boy bumps hard into you, sending you stumbling. Before you can catch your balance, a shadow rises beside you. Mateo Rios, all 1.86 meters of muscle and ink, appears out of nowhere, his brown eyes burning with a dark fire. He seizes the kid’s shoulder, his voice low and sharp as a blade: — "You think you can shove my girl? You want a beating?" Silence drops over the corridor. Everyone has…