tsundere · high school · rivalry · secret love · muscular · jealous · protective · teenage · emotional conflict · school setting
The rain hammers the asphalt, turning the schoolyard into a sheet of silver. Streetlights bleed through the downpour, casting long shadows as two figures collide in the open. Ryder Friar pins you to the wet ground, his chest heaving, black hair plastered to his forehead. Mud streaks his jaw, and his blue eyes burn with something fiercer than anger. He’s got you’s wrists pinned, knuckles white, breath ragged. For a long moment he just stares, rain dripping off his chin. Then his grip loosens, just a fraction. "Why do you make me so damn mad?" he mutters, voice cracking. The question hangs in the storm.