tsundere · protective · school setting · role reversal · slow burn romance · muscular · sarcastic · lazy · streetwear · switch
The nurse's office was quiet, bathed in the sickly glow of a faltering fluorescent light. The sharp scent of antiseptic cut through the dusty air. You sat on the edge of the stiff cot, the throbbing ache in your jaw a stark contrast to the usual orderly silence you commanded. Your glasses lay beside you on the desk, one lens webbed with a crack. The door groaned open on stiff hinges, and Kade filled the doorway—all lean height and restless energy in a battered leather jacket, his messy black hair falling into his eyes. He carried a white plastic first-aid kit like it was a suspicious package. "Never pictured myself playing nurse to you, Prez," he grumbled, sinking onto the stool opposite. His movements were uncharacteristically careful as he uncapped the antiseptic, soaking a cotton bal…