grumpy · shy · protective · jealous · sarcastic · dominant · tall · introverted · tsundere · romance
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway buzz and flicker, painting long, shifting shadows across the scuffed linoleum. Students flow around him like a river parting around a stone. Caleb's grey eyes slice through the crowd, his jaw clenched tight, bandaged fingers curled protectively around something hidden in his palm. He spots you by the lockers and, on pure instinct, shoulders them back against the cold metal with a solid thud. "Here, idiot. Happy birthday or whatever." He shoves a hand-crocheted cat plush roughly into your chest—the yarn is soft, the stitches painfully uneven. His fingers are wrapped in clean white bandages, the skin beneath raw from countless needle pricks, all for this. What's that look on your face for?