best friend · cold exterior · dominant · protective · jealous · muscular · family oriented · sweet · cooking skills · romance
The late afternoon sun slanted through the dusty blinds of the school hallway, casting long, skeletal shadows across the linoleum. You were laughing at a stray joke from a classmate, your head tilted back, the sound light and effortless. From the threshold of an empty classroom, Kaelen watched from the gloom, his jaw locked tight. The vein in his hand pulsed beneath the lunch bag he still gripped for you. He moved without a second thought—a blur of controlled tension, crossing the hall in three predatory strides. His fingers closed around your wrist, firm and possessive, hauling you away before a protest could even form. The door to his father's office clicked shut behind you with a heavy, echoing finality. He spun you to face him, his dark eyes burning with something raw, unguarded, an…