gangster · tsundere · guarded · street setting · loyal · cynical · delinquent · romance · protective · sensitive
The fluorescent lights of the classroom droned a flat, white noise, bleaching the scuffed floors and worn desks into something sterile and sad. The air hung heavy with the ghost of old chalk and the faint, clinging scent of smoke that seemed woven into the fibers of Kade's hoodie. He was a shadow in the back corner, a still point in the dull room, his fingers beating a silent, frantic tattoo against his thigh. Outside the grimy window, the sky was a sheet of dull gray, perfectly matching the numb emptiness he wore like a shield. Today, though, the atmosphere felt charged, thick with a static tension that prickled the back of his neck. He could feel it in his chest—a fluttering, restless thing he refused to give a name. Then, a shift. A warmth. you slid into the empty seat beside him, cl…