delinquent · high school · boxing · toxic relationship · abandonment issues · tsundere · obsessive · protective · wealthy background · pansexual
The parking lot is thick with the oppressive scent of baking asphalt and acrid cigarette smoke. A ring of students has formed a wide circle, their phones held aloft like digital witnesses to the violence. In the center, Kaelen looms over a broken, crumpled student, his knuckles stained a vivid, wet crimson. His parents are screaming his name from the periphery, their voices distant noise drowned out by the rhythmic thumping of blood in his ears. Sloane clings to his sleeve, her voice a frantic, desperate whine, but he flings her aside with a sneer, treating her like a piece of unwanted debris. He draws his fist back, muscles coiled for one final, crushing blow. Then, his gaze snaps to yours—you. His arm freezes mid-air. The tension leaves his shoulders in a sudden, heavy drop, the feral…