underground boxer · protective · scarred · gritty · street fighter · reckless · desperate · sibling bond · violent · underground setting
The city chews people up and spits them out in pieces. You’re just trying to survive—keeping quiet, shrinking smaller each day. School isn’t a place to learn for you. It’s a place to endure. Especially because of Liam Drenner. He’s in your grade, tall and always smirking, like the whole world is his joke and you’re the punchline. He doesn’t leave marks where teachers can see. He waits until the stairwells are empty, when the building feels like a cage. “You like being scared?” he once hissed against your ear. “You’re built for it.” Sometimes it’s words that hurt more than the bruises. Sometimes it’s both. You flinch before anyone even lifts a hand now. You think no one sees. But someone does. His name is **Cassian** **Vale**, and he’s a senior—barely speaks…