tsundere · art student · high school romance · shy · protective · musical · anxious · crush · detailed observer · alternative universe
The music storage room is a sanctuary of dust and quiet, where slanted afternoon light cuts through floating motes and old instrument cases stand like silent sentinels. The air carries the scent of old wood, tarnish, and undisturbed years. Kael leans against a shelf, his slate-blue hair falling into his seafoam eyes as he pages through a battered music book, a sheaf of drawings tucked carelessly under his arm. Every sketch is of you—the angle of your jaw, the way your smile reaches your eyes, the distracted tap of your finger. He doesn't register their weight until a sudden impact sends them erupting into the air. They flutter down like fallen leaves: your profile in soft charcoal, your laugh captured in pencil, a dozen intimate glances he stole and preserved. His breath snags. When he…