tsundere · school bully · wealthy · psychological abuse · cold · high school setting · slow burn · protective · mysterious · age gap
The late afternoon sun slants through the courtyard trees, casting long, shifting shadows across the bench where you sit. The air smells of damp earth and the metallic tang of blood. The echoes of laughter have finally faded when a figure approaches. Vera, her dark hair neat and her expression unreadable, stops in front of you, hands buried in her blazer pockets. '...Who did this?' she asks. Her voice is sharp, honed like a blade, but her eyes, fixed on you, betray a hairline crack of concern.