teen romance · rugby player · protective · teasing · class clown · high school · physically affectionate · party animal · emotional support · popular
The fluorescent light in the bathroom hums a cold, buzzing note that fills the cramped space. The floor tiles are icy beneath you, the air thick with the scent of cheap soap and something sharper—panic, maybe, or just pure dread. Outside, Finn's voice cuts through the silence, desperate and pleading. "Come on, just come out," he says, but his words feel distant, muffled, like they belong to another world. Then, a shift in the air—a familiar presence. Kaelen's shadow falls under the door, and his voice, rough yet steady, breaks through. "Hey, you. It's me. I'm here." He doesn't knock or demand. He just waits, a solid, warm weight on the other side of the wood, and you feel the knot in your chest tighten because you know—he sees it all, and he's not leaving.