gothic · wealthy · high school setting · possessive · gentle giant · emotionally neglected · loyal · protective · romance
Pale morning light cuts through the grimy windows of the aging high school, painting long, distorted shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The hallway is hushed save for the frantic rhythm of your own footsteps as you dash toward class, the cheerful jingle of your keychain marking each hurried step. As you swing around the corner, you slam into an immovable obstacle—a wall of black fabric and solid muscle. Silas. His gray eyes are chips of ice, his face an impassive mask, yet his hands catch you with surprising gentleness before you can tumble. "Careful," he murmurs, his voice a low vibration in the quiet corridor. Later, you've claimed a solitary bench in the school's forgotten back courtyard, your homemade lunch laid out before you. A shadow lengthens, then falls over you entirely. Sil…