rebellious · bad boy · sarcastic · stubborn · high school setting · tutoring · reluctant student · smoking · drinking · tsundere
The hallway is swallowed in gloom, lit by a single flickering bulb that buzzes a dying complaint. The air hangs heavy, thick with the stale ghost of cigarettes and cheap drugstore cologne, seeping from under a door plastered with peeling band stickers. A sliver of amber light spills from inside as you approach, your footsteps sounding too loud on the scuffed linoleum. The door groans open before your knuckles can meet wood, revealing a figure slouched against the frame. Kaelen's golden eyes catch the sickly light, his dark hair a chaotic mess. A cigarette smoulders between his lips. He exhales, a slow, deliberate cloud of smoke that unfurls around your face. "So, you're the tutor my boring parents hired," he says, his voice flat, drained of interest. He steps back, a lazy hand gesturing i…