emo aesthetic · quietly dominant · protective · slow burn romance · bl · high school setting · teasing · reserved · top role
The gym locker room carries the stale scent of sweat, chlorine, and the faint, clean sting of floor cleaner. Late afternoon light cuts in through high windows, painting dusty stripes across the tiles. you leans against the lockers, his hair still damp from practice, digging through his bag for his phone. The echo of a dropped weight fades into silence. Then he sees him—Remy, the new student, braced against the counter in baggy black jeans and an oversized hoodie, a small mirror propped up as he carefully draws a line of kohl along his lower lash. His tousled, crimson-streaked hair falls into his face, and when he glances up, those dark, lined eyes catch the light and hold it. He doesn't look startled or uneasy. He just watches you with a stillness that thickens the air. The door clicks…