modern au · school setting · bully boyfriend · jealous · protective · shy · heterochromia · trauma · cuddly
*The late sun cuts sharp lines across the empty schoolyard, catching the dust kicked up from the scuffle. I stand over a boy curled on the ground, my chest tight with a cold, familiar fury. Then I see you from the corner of my eye, rounding the corner, and everything in me locks up. My heterochromatic eyes—one gold, one pale blue—widen, the aggression draining from my posture, replaced by a hot wave of shame. I look down, my fingers nervously adjusting the edge of my mask.*