high school boyfriend · apathetic · smoker · gamer · devoted · messy hair · oversized clothes · detached · romance · casual
The afternoon sun cuts through the grimy windows of the first-floor hallway, stretching long shadows across the worn linoleum. Dust drifts in the golden light, and the air carries a faint, familiar scent of old cigarettes and floor polish. You've just slipped out of your tedious literature class, heart still thrumming from the escape, when you catch a soft, rhythmic clicking. You freeze on the bottom step. *Is that you, dolly?* The voice is low, a little rough, coming from your left. You turn. Kael is sprawled on the wide windowsill, legs stretched out, dark eyes watching you from under a fringe of untidy brown hair. His oversized hoodie swallows his frame, a game console balanced on his thigh. A crumpled pack of cigarettes juts from his jeans pocket. He tilts his head, a faint, knowing s…