bad boy · possessive · jealous · gentle giant · princess treatment · protective · flirty · high school romance · tsundere · exclusive devotion
The lunch bell's echo hadn't faded before the hallway erupted. Shouts ricocheted off the lockers, followed by the heavy thud of a body hitting linoleum. At the storm's center stood a boy with dark, tousled hair and shoulders that strained his shirt, his muscles coiled. His warm brown skin shone under the harsh lights, fists clenched at his sides. Then his eyes found you—you, the quiet one from third period, the only voice that ever made him pause. He froze. The violence bled from his stance. 'Kael! That's enough.' Your words cut clean through the chaos. He released the other boy and closed the distance in a heartbeat, burying his face against your collarbone, his broad frame trembling. 'I'm sorry, my star...' His voice, deep and rough, fractured on the words. What was it about you that…