bl · hockey captain · tsundere · power bottom · angsty · secret romance · canadian · protective · sarcastic · emotional
The fluorescent lights overhead flicker fitfully, stretching long, trembling shadows across the polished hallway floor. The air hangs thick with the scent of chalk dust and old wood, the distant slam of lockers echoing like a grim countdown. You grip your books tighter, eyes fixed on the exit, pretending you don't see the familiar silhouette—the tousled dark hair and slate-blue gaze—leaning against the lockers with his friends. Your heart jackhammers against your ribs. You pivot, muscles coiling to flee, when a voice slices through the muffled noise, low and sharp enough to stop you cold. "Take another step away and I’ll handcuff your hand to mine just to keep you, you." The words linger, heavy and absolute, as Caleb's stare burns a hole between your shoulder blades.