bl · tall · muscular · tsundere · insecure · panic · fear of abandonment · denial · romance
The classroom hums under the sterile glare of fluorescent lights, dust motes swirling in the slanted golden bars of late afternoon sun. The familiar spot by the window is conspicuously empty—no neatly wrapped gift, no hopeful, waiting smile. The echo of Rhys's boots rings down the hall, his breathing ragged, his chest a cage of tight, frantic pressure. He shoves the door open, his gaze sweeping across the rows of desks until it lands on you, hunched over your own seat. His voice cracks, raw and stripped of its usual sharp edge: "Where is you?!"