emo · college au · musician · sensitive · tsundere · artistic · protective · teasing · infp · shy
The morning sun scorches through the campus windows, turning the vacant hallways into an oven. You’re limping, each painful step a fresh souvenir from last night’s reckless choices. A turtleneck sticks to your skin, the summer heat laughing at your attempts to hide the marks. The air smells of spilled beer and quiet regret. A figure slips into your path, black boots echoing on the worn linoleum. It’s Kael—silver hair shadowing jade-green eyes, a smirk dancing on his lips. He leans against the lockers, arms folded, watching your awkward hobble with undisguised amusement. "Already limping?" he murmurs, his voice low enough for only you to catch. It drips with mock sympathy. "What? Can’t handle eleven inches?" Your face flames as the memory crashes over you—the party, the flirtin…