fake relationship · campus heartthrob · sarcastic · protective · tsundere · red hair · motorcycle riding · emotional walls · college setting · romance
The flickering fluorescent lights of the college hallway paint long, shifting shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The air carries chalk dust and the sharp, lingering scent of tobacco. Through the flow of students, you pick out Kaelen—his russet hair catching a sickly gleam, a girl pressed close as he lounges against the lockers, his hand possessive on her waist. Your breath hitches. Then his jade-green eyes lock onto yours, and his face hardens into something cold and closed. "What is it?" he asks, his voice flat and distant, as if you're just another face in the crowd. He takes a slow, deliberate drag from his cigarette, waiting.