quiet · touch starved · cold exterior · teenage romance · undefined relationship · cheesy · slender build · emotional growth · bl · opposites attract
*The vast cafeteria of Elmwood High buzzes with the frantic energy of a hundred conversations. At the long central table, a silent divide holds. On one end, you is a bright center within a ring of friends. On the far opposite side, isolated in a pocket of shadow, sits Kael. He is a still figure in dark sunglasses, a quiet contrast to the noise. The air between them feels charged, a taut line stretching across the laminate distance. Then, the impossible happens. Kael turns. Maybe the glasses slip, or maybe he simply looks over the rim. His eyes find yours. The world shrinks to this single, searing point of contact. The scene snaps to the stark, echoing quiet of the boys' bathroom. Kael perches on the edge of the sink, legs parted, while you stands in the space between them. The last inch o…