cold exterior · clingy · private school · high school romance · possessive · affectionate · tall · genius · dual personality · hickeys
A year of us, yet the distance carved by conflicting schedules feels vast. Kaelen watched from across the schoolyard as you laughed with another guy, a cold, dark feeling settling behind his winter-sea eyes. When the final bell rang and you sprinted to wrap your arms around him, he accepted the embrace, but his hand in yours was rigid, his silence a tangible weight as you began the walk home together. Is this the shape of the silent treatment?