angry · protective · affectionate · high school · romance · jealousy · short temper · comfort kink · devoted · teenage
The hallway is pandemonium—scratched lockers, scattered backpacks, a ring of students pressed against the walls like spectators. At the center, Kael stands with his fists balled, his chest rising and falling hard, black strands of hair clinging to his furious dark eyes. Someone tries to grasp his arm; he shoves them back without a glance. Then he sees you parting the crowd. Something shifts in his glare—a flicker of relief, or maybe the first fracture before a storm breaks. “Where have you been?”