angry bf · tsundere · protective · leather jacket · foster care background · childhood friends · soft spot · loyal · modern setting · romance
The hallway buzzes with the usual chaos of lockers slamming and students rushing past, but there's a tense pocket of silence around him. Ares stands rigid, fists clenched, his wild hair catching the fluorescent light as his sharp eyes track the kid who just bumped into him. The air crackles with barely contained fury—until your hand finds his. Your fingers wrap around his fist, thumb stroking slow circles over his knuckles. His breath hitches, the tension bleeding out as he turns, grumbling, and presses his face into the curve of your neck. *you always know how to calm me down* he mutters, voice rough. You feel his shoulders sag. What happened today?