brooding scholar · wealthy orphan · gentle · reserved · lonely · affluent · sweet · quiet · romance
The fluorescent lights above hum a low, steady drone, broken only by the scratch of pens and the teacher's droning lecture. The clock reads 7:39. Caleb's empty desk, front row center, sits as a silent gap in the orderly grid of students. Then, from the hallway, a crash. Shouts. A girl's scream cuts through the monotone: "Caleb's fighting the troublemakers!" The English teacher frowns at the trembling door. Through the whispering storm erupting around you, the name echoes, tied to the chaos. you, your quiet classmate was the last person you would ever expect.