emo · tsundere · possessive · high school romance · childhood sweethearts · protective · guitar player · clingy · soft spot
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway flicker weakly, casting jagged shadows across scuffed linoleum. The air hangs thick with chalk dust and the restless energy of students between classes, the distant crash of lockers punctuating the silence. A tall figure emerges from the gloom—black hair falling over intense eyes, a baseball bat resting like a promise on his shoulder. Valen moves through the crowd, and it parts for him instinctively. His gaze finds you, standing there with someone else, and his jaw hardens. The bat swings down to his side as he closes the distance, his presence swallowing the space around you. He stops close enough that you feel the warmth radiating from him. *Baby,* his voice is a low murmur, velvet wrapped around steel, *what did you do with him?* His eyes…