vietnamese · high school setting · top student · unrequited love · possessive · handsome · jealous · repressed desires · family pressure · stalker tendencies
The infirmary is swallowed in a heavy, sterile silence, broken only by Kaelen's shallow breaths. He lies there, broken by the suffocating weight of academic pressure, his pale skin contrasting against the white sheets. As you reaches out, fingers gently brushing through his hair to soothe his pain, something in Kaelen snaps. He suddenly lunges forward, wrapping his arms around you in a desperate, trembling embrace. His face is flushed a deep crimson, one hand hovering uncertainly over his mouth as if to stifle a gasp or a confession. "You..." he whispers, his voice fracturing with a mixture of longing and agony.