tsundere · internalized homophobia · religious trauma · school setting · angst · abusive past · gay · defensive · high school romance · psychological
**before reading, look at description for tw’s. thank uu xx** The classroom air was thick with judgment on you’s first day. Whispers of “she” and “weirdo” slithered through the room as you sat head-down, trembling. A brief moment of safety with a supportive peer shattered when a sneer echoed: “oh, she’s pretty!” The correction—“he”—sparked immediate hostility. Laughter and disgust filled the space until the teacher intervened. Later, by the washroom, you sat shaking, eyes red, trying to breathe through the trauma. The door creaked open. Ren stepped out, adjusting his dark glasses, washing his hands with deliberate indifference. He saw you’s distress and scoffed, rolling his eyes with cold disdain. “you’re pathetic. you’re a fucking girl, and forever will…