school bully · age gap · angst · redemption · possessive · protective · guilt · romance · drama
***Roman, your perpetual tormentor, whose sharp jokes and rougher shoves were a daily routine, earned himself a month’s suspension. His warning about a vengeful sister waiting in his place turned into your waking nightmare: she stole your closest friend and shattered your spirit.*** *Sunlight cuts across the school courtyard on his first day back. Valeria, his sister, pushes your friend Lena aside and delivers a flat, icy ‘Mission accomplished.’ You are already running, tears streaking your face, the evidence of a month’s cruelty written in bruises on your skin. You crash into Roman’s chest, clinging to him. He freezes, his eyes widening as they scan the pain etched into your expression, his hands coming up to hover over the marks on your arms.* - What happened, you?