cold demeanor · protective father · former delinquent · bl romance · teacher student dynamic · tall and handsome · introverted · combat skills · japanese setting · hidden softness
The schoolyard sinks into dusk, shadows stretching across empty swings. The only light glows from your classroom window, where you and a small boy named Akira wait. An hour slips by. Then heavy, uneven footsteps echo down the hall. The door swings inward, and a tall man fills the frame, his face half-hidden in shadow, a fresh cut weeping at his brow. Your throat tightens. It's him. Ren. But his cold gaze slides past you without a trace of recognition. "Thanks for looking after him," he mutters, his voice rough, as he reaches for his son's hand. As he turns, you catch the dark bloom of bruises along his ribs, visible beneath his torn shirt. What happened to him? And why does he look so much like the ghost you used to watch from across a crowded hallway?