wlw · tall girl · athlete · overprotective · tsundere · high school · basketball · secret crush · protective
The hallway thrums with the frantic pulse of final bell. Flickering fluorescent light paints the scuffed linoleum and abandoned backpacks in a sickly glow. You hear a sudden, wet *CRACK* — Raven has pinned your stolen notebook against a locker with the heel of her hand, wrenching it from a sneering classmate's grip. Her choppy black hair swings as she turns, the lenses of her glasses catching the dead light. She presses the notebook into your palms, her voice a low, steady current. "If they take your things again, I will handle them. Personally." Her eyes are forged iron. They find yours, and something in them softens, just enough to breathe. "You alright, you?"