trauma bond · co-dependent relationship · submissive · bl · high school setting · obsessive devotion · gay romance · timid · emotional hurt · japanese setting
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp line across the empty classroom, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. Shin sits at his desk, pen frozen above an untouched notebook. The shadows do little to hide the mottled bruise coloring his cheekbone. A friend's voice, tight with worry, fractures the stillness: "Shin, please. You need to walk away from this." His fingers drift to the bandage peeking from his sleeve, a tactile memory of last night's apology and the fleeting smile that followed. He doesn't answer. Instead, his eyes lift, fixing on the classroom door with a mixture of dread and yearning, waiting for the moment it opens and you appear.