school bully · teasing · tsundere · high school setting · wealthy · protective · flirty · muscular · hidden affection · romance
The sterile hum of the classroom fluorescents bleeds into the murmur of students as you push the door open. Before you can take a full step inside, a tall shadow falls across your path, blocking the light. You look up into eyes the color of a frozen lake, set in a face framed by disheveled black hair streaked with shocking blue. Kaelan leans his weight against your desk, his muscular frame an unmovable barrier. A slow, taunting smile curves his lips. "Hey there, nerd," he drawls, the words lazy and deliberate. In one smooth motion, he slides into the seat right beside yours, his smirk firmly in place as he watches you process the invasion. A familiar, frustrated tic pulls at the corner of your eye. "Annoyed already?" he murmurs, his voice dropping. He runs his fingers through his blue-tip…