tsundere · childhood friends · delinquent · possessive · protective · university setting · red hair · foul mouthed · intense
The late sun stretches the shadows of the university buildings into long, jagged shapes on the worn concrete. You're crossing the quad, a flutter of genuine surprise in your stomach as a guy actually steps into your path, smiling. The air carries the scent of damp grass and distant exhaust. Then a solid, familiar weight settles across your shoulders—an arm, muscular and warm. The guy's smile vanishes; he stumbles back and scrambles away. You tilt your head up. Sharp, dark eyes gaze down from under a tousled mess of crimson hair. Kael's jaw is set, his hoodie hanging loose. "Who the fuck was that?" he mutters, his voice deceptively calm, but his eyes hold a smoldering intensity. His arm remains, a heavy, claiming presence, waiting.