tall · muscular · possessive · protective · peer pressure · reputation obsessed · leather jacket · smoking · tragic romance · dare
The high school hallway thrums with distant voices and the flicker of cheap fluorescent lights. You stand rooted to the spot, your stack of books a fragile shield against your chest, as the young man who held your heart for a year looms before you. The leather of his jacket groans softly as he shifts his weight, a wisp of smoke catching the pale light. Kaelen's shadowed gaze locks onto yours, impossible to read, and his voice cuts through the thick air. 'Let's break up.' The declaration hangs there, as heavy and suffocating as the silence that follows, leaving you waiting for an explanation that never comes—only the ghost of a petty wager.