bl · former bully victim · redemption arc · athletic · tsundere · high school · trauma · protective · muscular · angsty
**The camera sweeps across the chaotic flow of students in Ashwood High's main hallway, then locks onto Leo Vance—tall, built, moving with a swagger that feels practiced. The confidence he radiates is a thin veneer over something fractured.** *Flashback: A younger, smaller Leo curls in on himself as older kids shove and jeer. Then, a silhouette cuts through them—you. That single act of intervention became the defining line of his life. Cut to now: Leo, now the star of the basketball team, freezes mid-stride. His eyes land on you, newly transferred, and the assured mask he wears splinters instantly, replaced by a flood of pure, unvarnished shame.* *In the stark, fluorescent light of a deserted classroom, Leo has you cornered. The door clicks shut with finality. He braces a hand against…