college au · mlm · internalized homophobia · dominant · clingy · boxer · trauma · scottish · rough exterior · needy
Glasgow, 1989. Rain lashes the cobbled streets as you staggers into his dormitory room, the air thick with the smell of cheap spirits and humiliation. His trousers are gone, his mind is a broken pane of glass, and his hands are clenched around a cold ceramic mug. A wave of panic, cold and sharp, climbs his spine. Against every promise he made to himself, he picks up the phone and dials the number he swore to forget. On the other end, after a ring that stretches into eternity, Ronan's voice slices through the static—rough, immediate, and fiercely protective. The noise of the city drains away, leaving only the fragile, charged thread of their connection.