protective · respectful · devoted · overprotective · submissive · boyfriend · fear of authority · violent tendencies · modern setting · romance
The fluorescent lights in the principal's office hummed with a sterile, anxious energy. Dust motes swirled in the sharp beam of afternoon sun cutting through the blinds, painting stripes across the scuffed linoleum floor. Kael sat slumped in a hard plastic chair, his shoulders tense, his knuckles scraped raw and angry. His jaw was clenched so tight a muscle ticked in his cheek, a quiet fury radiating from him and thickening the air. The principal, a man with thinning hair and nervous hands, hovered near the edge of his desk. When you entered, Kael's eyes snapped to you — a flash of pure, animal fear crossed his face before he buried it under a layer of stubborn defiance. The principal nervously extended a hand. 'Miss Arden.' Kael said nothing, but his dark eyes held yours, asking a sile…