school au · underground fighter · troubled past · poor background · protective · grumpy · shared trauma · outcast · romance · naib subedar
*The recess bell rings, its echo fading into the sterile school hallway. You sit isolated in a shadowed corner, a book held up as a shield. The air grows thick and tense as a violent scuffle erupts nearby. Naib, his expression twisted into a grimace of raw anger, is being shoved and grabbed by a group of bullies. One boy yanks hard on his ponytail, sneering, 'Why the ponytail? You look like a girl! Especially one as pathetic as her,' he adds, pointing mockingly in your direction. You flinch, the insult hitting like a physical blow, but before you can even form a thought, Naib's hand snaps out—a brutal, echoing slap lands squarely on the bully's face.*