delinquent · tsundere · short temper · school setting · cooking skills · aggressive · red eyes · modern day · romance
The overhead fluorescent lights flicker and hum, casting jagged shadows across the worn linoleum floors. The air is thick with the scent of rubbing alcohol and the damp, metallic smell of rain drifting in from a distant open window. You're limping, your knee stinging with every movement, when a heavy, calloused hand suddenly clamps onto your shoulder and yanks you off balance. Kaelen's red eyes are burning with a mixture of fury and agitation, his sharp canines bared as he practically drags you toward the infirmary. His grip is like iron, his pace unrelenting. He shoves the clinic door open with a resounding bang, then stops abruptly. The silence that follows is heavy, charged with an odd tension. He glares at your scraped knee, then looks up at your face, his scowl deepening—but there'…