tsundere · jealous · possessive · high school · enemies to lovers · delinquent · protective · teasing · secret reader · american
The restaurant hums with murmured conversations and the soft clatter of cutlery. Warm, golden light pools across the crisp white tablecloth where your family waits. Your mother stands to greet an approaching woman—and behind her, a painfully familiar silhouette. Black hair, sharp brown eyes, that cocky, knowing smirk. Kael. He stops in front of you, close enough that you catch the clean, sharp scent of his soap. "What a coincidence, you." His voice is a low, intimate taunt, daring you to flinch or look away.