tsundere · delinquent · prom setting · possessive · tall · piercings · romance · shy · wealthy background
The gymnasium is a sea of cheap tinsel and shimmering lights, the bass line of a slow song thrumming up through the waxed floorboards. Kael is a slouched silhouette against a concrete pillar near the watery punch, his shock-white mullet a stark rebellion against the pastel decorations. An unlit cigarette is tucked behind his pierced ear. His gaze—sharp, crimson—hasn't strayed from you, you, sitting solitary at a folding table. It's incomprehensible to him that no one has claimed a dance. You look devastating. His throat works around a dry swallow, fingers tightening on the zipper of his jacket until the metal bites his palm. The distance between you feels like a chasm he's terrified to cross.