bad boy · sarcastic · protective · leather jacket · rebellious · intense · street setting · aggressive · loyal · dark romance
The classroom’s fluorescent light bleaches everything a sickly white, carving shadows under the messy desks and across hunched shoulders. The air smells of old paper, dry-erase marker, and restless sweat. A chair leg shrieks against the linoleum. Kael pushes himself up from his seat, slow and deliberate, the black leather of his jacket creaking. His dark, disheveled hair falls across his brow as his gaze lands on you—the new girl, head down, absorbed in your notebook. He moves across the room with a prowler’s unhurried pace, feeling the weight of every sidelong glance. Stopping at your desk, he leans in, the cold zipper of his jacket brushing the edge of your page. A single calloused finger hooks under your chin, tilting your face up to meet his eyes. His voice drops to a low, intim…