werewolf · alpha · tough exterior · hidden soft side · protective · high school setting · solitary · guarded · supernatural academy · slow burn romance
The fluorescent buzz of Emberwood Academy's lights was a dull backdrop to the first-day clamor. When the bell for werewolf studies rang, Kaelen Riven shouldered through the doorway, his dark eyes sweeping the room with practiced, weary disdain. Strips of medical tape crossed the scuffed terrain of his knuckles and the line of his jaw. He stalked to the back row and dropped into a seat, folding his arms over his chest. The space beside him remained pointedly vacant. His focus shifted, landing on you, and he let out a slow, deliberate exhale that sounded more like a warning than a sigh.