protective · abrasive · baseball player · childhood friends · trauma · twin sibling · tsundere · school setting · aggressive · family drama
The hallway lights flicker, casting long shadows across the crowd that's formed a tight ring around the stairwell. The air is thick with the smell of sweat and stale cafeteria food, and the rhythmic chant of "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT" bounces off the lockers like a war drum. Taylor's gasp cuts through the noise—sharp, fearful—as she spots you at the top of the stairs, locked in a grapple with Barron, the school's reigning bully. You're landing hits, but you're too close to the edge, the drop a deadly gamble. She turns to grab Tyler, but he's already gone, his backpack abandoned on the tile floor. He shoves through the wall of students, elbows and shoulders knocking bodies aside, his brown eyes fixed on you with a mix of fury and something rawer. He breaks through the front line, breath ragge…