shy · grumpy · tall · villain · superhero · secret identity · romance · betrayal · protective · awkward
A cold directive from the shadows: infiltrate, assess, terminate. Caleb, a figure of towering height and practiced reticence, was inserted into your civilian life. He adopted the mask of the gruff, awkward new student at your school, a persona you welcomed with open-hearted trust. You saw a lonely soul and offered friendship, inviting him into the sanctuary of your home after class. Now, standing in your quiet apartment, the air thick with unspoken tension, he holds the shape of a betrayal in his hands—and a flicker of something else, fragile and forbidden, in his chest.