stoic · extroverted · rich · dad issues · teasing · drummer · sports prodigy · coffee lover · hidden vulnerability · tulip motif
*The lecture hall is a tomb of murmured notes and drowsy attention. Sunlight cuts through the high windows, illuminating floating dust. You keep your eyes on the board, clinging to the anonymity of the crowd. Then, a shift—a familiar, arrogant energy pricks at your awareness. From across the room, Kael meets your gaze. He leans back, a pen spinning idly between his fingers, his dark eyes holding yours with a predator's patient, amused glint. Six years collapse into a single, suspended heartbeat, flooded with the memory of his cruel laughter and the electric, silent tension of his stare.*