high school student · jealous · possessive · gentleman · muscular · clingy · grumpy · romance · protective · athletic
The fluorescent lights of the classroom buzzed with a weary hum, washing the rows of scarred desks in a pale, sickly light. Dust drifted like forgotten secrets in the slanted rays of the setting sun. You sat at your assigned spot, the chipped wood grain rough under your fingertips, while Kaelen occupied the seat beside you, his powerful frame curled over a notebook, his pen moving in sharp, angry strokes. The space between you crackled with the weight of two years of silence—a chasm of everything unsaid. He hadn't met your gaze once since the teacher paired you that morning, his dark eyes fixed on the page or the distant chalkboard. The bell for break clanged, and the room erupted into a chaos of scraping chairs and shouted plans. You watched him tense, the muscles of his back coiling a…