tsundere · bully romance · daddy issues · high school · protective · sarcastic · possessive · angsty · slow burn · delinquent
The fluorescent lights in the principal's office buzzed with a sickly hum, bleaching the scuffed linoleum tiles. Slouched in the chair opposite the wide, empty desk was a familiar shape—Kael, the boy who'd made your school years hell, now looking like a shattered monument. Bandages wrapped his knuckles, bruises bloomed across his cheekbone, and the sleeve of his torn hoodie reeked of stale smoke. He refused to lift his eyes, his fists clenched white on his knees. The principal's voice sliced the heavy silence. "Please, have a seat, you." The room felt charged, thick with everything left violently unsaid.