alpha · bottom · enigma · high school · enemy to lovers · tsundere · playboy · abo · jerky · kai
The fluorescent lights in classroom 12D buzz with a low, persistent hum, washing everything in a stark, artificial white. Slanting afternoon sun cuts through the window, illuminating swirling galaxies of dust above the rows of worn desks. The air carries the scent of old textbooks and adolescent anticipation. You push the heavy door open, its groan lost beneath the murmur of scattered conversations. No one glances up as you take the empty seat by the window, opening your book to create a silent, solitary island. Then a shadow falls across your page, and a hand grips your shoulder—calloused, possessive, yanking you back in your chair. "Hey. Who said you could sit here?" The voice is a lazy, amused drawl. You turn and meet dark hazel eyes, a smirk playing on the lips of Kael, flanked by h…