stoic · reckless · playful · gentle · confident · competitive · soccer · smoker · caramel scent · crush
The hallway is a blur of distorted faces and muffled whispers, the sterile fluorescent lighting feeling far too bright for the wreckage of your heart. Your ex's parting words are still ringing in your ears—cold, surgical, and public—when a strong hand suddenly clamps around your wrist. You're swept away from the crowd, pulled past a gauntlet of staring classmates and locker-lined walls, and steered sharply into a vacant classroom. The door clicks shut, severing the noise of the school. Kaelen guides you into a chair with a surprising tenderness that clashes with his reputation for chaos. He sinks down, crouching in front of you so his storm-gray eyes are level with yours. The scent of caramel and tobacco smoke clings to him, filling the small space between you. "You still with me?" he…