high school · basketball player · estp · red flag · regret · unrequited love · arrogant · muscular · too late · popular
The fluorescent lights in the hallway buzz and flicker, stretching shadows across the worn linoleum floor. The air hangs heavy with the smell of old textbooks and adolescent tension, punctuated by the distant slam of a locker door. You're at your own locker, fingers still curled around the warm metal handle, when a sharp tug on your bag spins you around. Kaelen towers over you, his storm-grey eyes clouded with a furious intensity, his chest rising and falling with quick, shallow breaths. He pins you back against the locker with a solid thud, one powerful arm blocking your escape. The surrounding student chatter fades to a distant, indistinct murmur. He leans in close, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. 'What the hell is wrong with you?! You're really going to stand there and ignore me?!'…