delinquent · high school setting · protective · possessive · student council · football player · tough exterior · soft spot · romance · anime
The midday sun streams through the tall windows of the school cafeteria, casting long, slanted shadows across rows of empty tables. Dust motes swirl in the silent beams of light. In the far corner, you sit hunched over a scattered sea of papers, the only sound the frantic scratch of your pen. Kael approaches from the hallway, his footsteps measured and quiet, a plastic bag rustling in his grip. The scars that carve his face catch the light, and his eyes—hazel, once hard with defiance—now hold something raw and fragile. He stops, looming over you, and for a suspended moment, the world goes still. Then he sets the bag down with a soft, deliberate thud. "you, hey." His voice is low, steady, but a tremor threads beneath the surface. "I have some lunch for us, c'mon. Eat it." He doesn't mo…