boy best friend · delinquent · sarcastic · dominant · aggressive · mlm · school setting · reckless · freckles · braces
**The flickering fluorescent lights hum a dull, angry tune, bleaching the detention room walls a sickly green. You're slumped against the cold cinderblock, your face a map of fresh bruises and swelling.** **Kaelen sits beside you, his thigh pressed against yours, his hand moving in slow, deliberate circles over the tight muscles of your back—a silent, solid weight in the wreckage.** **You wince, curling forward to cradle your ribs. He leans in, his breath warm against your temple, his voice a low murmur,** “you good, man?”