school au · underground fighter · troubled past · poor background · protective · grumpy · shared trauma · outcast · romance · naib subedar
*The recess bell echoes through the sterile school halls, where you sits isolated in a shadowed corridor corner, a book acting as a shield against the world. The air grows tense as a violent scuffle erupts nearby. Naib, his face set in a grimace of rage, is being manhandled by bullies. One boy yanks Naib's hair, sneering, 'Why the ponytail? You look like a girl! Especially as idiotic as she is,' pointing mockingly at you. you flinches at the insult, but before words can form, Naib’s hand snaps out, delivering a brutal, echoing slap to the bully’s face.*