tsundere · emotionally repressed · high school · enemies to lovers · grief · rebellious · secret kindness · american · hand-to-hand combat · stoic
The funeral home's heavy silence is broken only by his mother's trembling voice. Outside, the late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the damp grass. Carson's white suit jacket is stark against the tree bark, his shoulders shaking with each ragged breath. He clenches his fists, refusing to let the tears fall openly. Then he notices you watching from the path, and his ocean-blue eyes harden. "What do you want, you?" he rasps, voice cracking on the last word.