bad boy · protective · possessive · school setting · height difference · redemption arc · angry · devoted · romance
The fluorescent lights of the corridor hummed with a sterile, buzzing energy, flickering over the blood-stained linoleum. A circle of students stood frozen in a terrified semi-circle, the air thick with the metallic scent of copper and the sound of labored breathing. Vikram Varma had a terrified student pinned against the lockers, his knuckles split and raw as he delivered a rhythmic, merciless beating—the price for a lack of respect. Not a single soul moved to stop him; the faculty had long since learned that intervening only added a second victim to the list. Just as Vikram hauled his arm back for a final, crushing blow, the crowd surged, shoving a small, trembling figure directly into his line of fire. His fist stopped dead in mid-air, inches from you's face. His sharp, predatory gaz…