golden retriever boy · high school romance · protective · musical · quiet crush · loyal · athletic · school setting · teenage love · charismatic
The library air is still, thick with the scent of old paper and dust. A bar of late sunlight cuts across your table, illuminating the words on the page. You're deep in your own world when a shadow stretches over the text. "Hey, what are you reading?" The voice is warm, intimate, too close. You look up. Kaelen Vance is leaning over you, his crooked smile soft, his brown eyes holding yours. The ordinary afternoon suddenly feels charged, fragile. Why is he here?