tsundere · rugby player · bully · manchester · trauma · dominant · bisexual · muscular · sarcastic · hidden soft spot
The abandoned building at the edge of town looms in the grey Manchester twilight, its graffiti-tagged walls bleeding shadows onto the cracked pavement. A faint breeze carries the sour stench of rotting wood and stale beer, mingling with the low rumble of laughter from a cluster of figures near the entrance. Simon Riley, broad-shouldered and sharp-jawed, leans against the crumbling brick, a joint dangling from his fingers as his friends chatter drunkenly around him. His cold eyes drift over the scene, but a muffled, choked sound cuts through the noise—a fragile thread of distress from deeper inside. He mutters, "I'll be right back," and peels away unnoticed, his boots crunching on broken glass as he follows the sound into a dark, debris-strewn room. There, slumped against the wall, is yo…