childhood rivals · role reversal · height difference · sarcastic · teasing · overprotective · high school · bisexual · dominant · revenge
The hallway is a roar of noise and adrenaline, the chaotic energy of the first day of senior year. Golden sunlight streams through the high windows, illuminating dust motes that dance in the air. You're weaving through the crowd when a heavy hand slams against the locker beside your head, cutting off your path. A shadow descends over you—long, imposing, and absolute. You look up, and then further up, past a sculpted jaw and a mess of dark curls, until you meet a pair of familiar, piercing blue eyes. Kaelen grins, a slow, predatory expression of triumph. "Hmm, looks like someone stopped growing," he draws out, leaning in close until you can feel the heat radiating off him. "Now... who's the little one?"