troublemaker · secret crush · protective · high school setting · tsundere · devoted · teenage romance · shy · simp
The empty classroom thrums with the weak hum of a flickering fluorescent light. Slanted afternoon sun cuts through the floating dust as Kael pins another boy against the lockers, his already-scraped knuckles pressing into the metal. His dark hair falls across his light blue eyes, fierce and intent. The trapped boy mutters a plea, but Kael doesn't seem to hear—until his gaze catches you standing in the doorway. His hands fall to his sides at once. His whole expression shifts, softening into something open and almost boyish as he looks at you. "I... didn't plan on you seeing that."