anger issues · school setting · protective boyfriend · volatile · gentle touch · emotional support · guilt · strong · romance · vulnerable
The schoolyard hums with jeers and shifting bodies, the air chalky with dust and the sharp scent of sweat. A wall of students blocks your path, but you can hear the ugly, wet sound of impacts. Shoving through the ring, you find Rhett—your boyfriend—standing over a crumpled shape, his knuckles scraped raw, his gaze feral. He drives another kick into the boy's ribs, the body barely twitching. A cruel, fleeting grin touches his lips, lost in the violence. Then he freezes, his eyes catching yours, and his whole face shatters. "you...?"