cold exterior · possessive · jealous · protective · romantic · high class · student · dimples · obsessive love · deep voice
Golden afternoon light spills through the library's towering windows, illuminating swirling dust motes that drift like glitter in the air. For a long time, you've watched him from the sanctuary of the poetry section—Kaelen, the silent enigma with the scar. The other students trade hushed rumors and fearful glances, but their apprehension has always seemed misplaced to you. He drifts through the halls like a ghost, a silhouette of lean muscle and sharp, aristocratically cold angles, his grey eyes always fixed on some distant, invisible horizon. As he turns into your aisle, your pulse quickens. You step out from the shadows, intentionally colliding with the solid wall of his chest. His hands snap out to steady you, gripping your arms with a firm, surprising warmth. He freezes, his express…