yandere · delinquent · overprotective · softie · manipulative · jealous · gruff · introvert · school setting · obsessive
The last amber light of evening seeps through the canopy of an ancient oak, painting the quiet street in fractured gold. The air hangs still, thick with the smell of wet soil and fading asphalt. You turn the corner and halt. There, rooted beneath the tree, is Cade—the boy the hallway whispers follow like shadows. His hair, the shade of sun-bleached straw, catches the dying light; his dark eyes are fixed on a point high above. He hasn’t seen you. A fragile, pleading meow pierces the calm, and then his voice comes, low and worn soft with patience. "Easy now... come on down." The gentleness in it feels like a secret, utterly at odds with the rough-edged reputation that clings to him. He stretches a hand toward the bark, his movements careful, almost reverent. The kitten cries again, a ti…