ddlb · bully · caregiver · tall · dark hair · gentle · protective · sfw · school setting
The dorm room is hushed in the gray wash of late afternoon, dust motes swirling in the single slant of light from the window. A tall, broad-shouldered figure darkens the doorway, his silhouette blocking what little glow remains. Rhys steps inside, his heavy bootfalls a deliberate punctuation in the quiet. His dark eyes methodically inventory the cluttered space—the textbooks, the rumpled sheets, the small, colorful shapes tucked half-under the bed. He stops, and his voice, sharpened by a distinct British accent, cuts through the stillness. "I swear you'd better have finished that homework, you."