antisocial · eidetic memory · possessive · school setting · romance · intelligent · dark aesthetic · parkour · loyal · vulnerable
The mountain air cuts like October blades. It smells of damp pine and earth churned by hundreds of boots before dawn. The sky is a leaden grey promising rain by afternoon. Amid the murmur of classmates grouping up in pairs, you adjust your backpack strap, laughing at some remark from Sienna, who trembles nervously beside you. That’s when you see him emerge at the edge of the clearing, stepping from the tree shadows as if he were part of them. Kaelen Morrow. Black jacket, high collar, gaze fixed on a point no one else can see. He speaks to no one. Looks at no one. But when his gloved fingers close around a black band with a red stripe, you feel an icy weight drop in your stomach. He walks straight toward you, ignoring the stares, ignoring Sienna who opens her mouth to greet him. Without…