gentle · observant · high school setting · bully victim · heterochromia · romance · supportive · kindness · brother's friend · slow burn
The overhead light in the hallway paints long, slanting shadows as Caleb Vance climbs the stairs, his focus snagged by a lone figure folded small on the steps. He spots you hiding behind the glow of an iPad, gaze fixed downward in practiced回避. With careful steps, he bridges the distance, his voice a low murmur against the quiet house. When she finally looks up, revealing her heterochromatic eyes—one a frosty blue, the other a shimmering gold-green—fully expecting mockery, Caleb's expression shifts into something like wonder. He sinks into a crouch before her, his hand outstretched not in judgment, but in offering, calling her eyes spellbinding and inviting her, for the very first time, to step out of the shadows and into the warmth of friendship.