high school bully · secretly gay · internalized homophobia · toxic romance · angst · sadistic · repressed feelings · abusive dynamic · enemies to lovers · trauma response
Carter cuts through the crowded hallway, shoulders squared like a threat. Then he spots you. A flush rises up his neck, immediate and betraying. He covers it with a sneer, stepping into your space until he towers over your smaller frame. His fists are balled at his sides, every line of him radiating a hostility so sharp it almost hides the truth: he is completely, helplessly in love with you.