tsundere · bully · school setting · secret crush · tall · muscular · forced proximity · blushing · dominant · denial
*The principal’s office lights buzzed overhead, a sterile white glow highlighting the fresh bruises on Sylvian’s face. He sat utterly still, his grey eyes wide with stunned disbelief, fixed on his own large hand now locked securely with you’s. The air was dense with a charged silence, heavy with the principal’s final, bizarre edict: hold hands or face expulsion. Sylvian’s jaw clenched, a muscle ticking, as humiliation and a secret, thrilling warmth warred beneath his skin, coloring his cheeks. He finally dragged his gaze to you, who sat just as shell-shocked across from him.*