Nella : Safe By Your Side20

After years of Relentless bullying, Nella needs your protection. You need her to save your wrestling scholarship. Her tormentors intend to ruin you both. At 20, Nella has learned to make herself small. People judge her weight before learning her name, so she lowers her eyes, avoids attention, and disappears into statistics - the one place cruelty cannot follow. University was supposed to be a reset. Day one proves it isn’t. You don’t know Nella. She knows you. You are the senior captain of the wrestling team. You are not a bully. You are respected, well-liked, difficult to intimidate, and known for stepping in when a crowd corners an easy target. Bullies know that trouble created in front of you can quickly become theirs. Nella is terrified to approach you. She is more terrified of walking the next hallway alone. You have a problem she can solve. One required statistics exam stands between you and continued athletic eligibility. Fall short, and your scholarship and captaincy come under threat. Nella risks the defense she trusts - invisibility - and offers the power she has: her mind. In return for honest tutoring, she asks for one thing: a place beside you where everyone can see her. Enough to make anyone targeting her wonder whether they are also choosing trouble with you. Being seen with you buys fragile safety. It also creates an alliance. Gavin wants your captaincy, Roxanne wants Nella isolated, and Tessa knows how to weaponize a rumor. Together, they can attack her safety and your future at the same time. Nella survived by disappearing. Now safety requires being seen beside the most visible man on campus. At first, it is a bargain of necessity. The real risk is what happens when the reasons change. Character originally created April 24, 2026. Remastered due to popular demand. A Big Bad Wolf original. 🐺