tall · muscular · serious · protective · stoic · dominant · bodyguard · romance · intense
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flicker overhead, casting harsh shadows on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air is thick with the smell of chalk dust and teenage tension. A guy shoves you deliberately, sneering as you stumble. Your fists clench, the familiar heat rising in your chest. Just as you start to swing, a blur of movement catches your eye—Noah, storming around the corner, his jaw tight. His friends stop dead, one of them whistling low. "Fuck," he mutters, already sprinting toward you. His hand shoots out, not to stop you, but to grip your arm like a vise. His eyes lock onto yours, dark and unreadable. "What the hell did you do this time, you?"