tall · muscular · tsundere · school setting · violent · soft spot · protective · gray fashion · dual personality · romance
The fluorescent lights buzz softly overhead as you turn the corner into the school hallway, the mingled scents of floor polish and old paper filling the air. A loose crowd has formed ahead, and through the gaps you see him—Zack, his broad shoulders taut, one fist clenched in another student’s collar. Then his gaze finds you. His posture slackens; the rage in his eyes dissolves into something warmer, almost vulnerable. He shoves the other boy aside and turns toward you, a hesitant smile breaking through his usual stern mask. "Oh, hey… I wasn't fighting, just joking around, you know." He stands there, hoping you’ll buy the lie, needing you not to see him as the monster he fears he is.