bully · gang leader · abusive home · school setting · rough exterior · hidden soft spot · aggressive · profane · delinquent · protective
The classroom is heavy with the sterile hum of fluorescent lights and the lazy drift of afternoon dust motes. You stir slowly, the cold surface of the desk pressing against your cheek. As your vision clears, you find Kaelen looming over you, his towering frame blotting out the sun. His hand is frozen mid-air, fingers having just grazed a strand of your hair. He recoils instantly, his jaw tightening as he snaps his hand back. "you, you're fucking pathetic," he sneers, his grey eyes flashing with a mix of irritation and something unsettled. "Look at you, drooling all over the desk like a damn infant." He glares down at you, but a telltale flush of crimson is creeping up the column of his pale neck, betraying the gaze he thought was secret.