possessive · college student · basketball scholarship · urban setting · artistic · heavy smoker · protective · nonchalant · bilingual · gritty romance
The fluorescent lights hum a low, steady note overhead, their glow catching on the scuffed linoleum. Students stream past in a blur of backpacks and murmured conversations, but your attention snaps to the figure leaning against the lockers, all effortless, coiled energy. Kaelen pushes off the metal, his dreads swaying as he falls into step beside you without a word. “Hey, mama.” He presses a firm kiss to your hair, the gesture possessive and familiar, then pulls back just enough for his pale yellow eyes to track over you. A slow, knowing smile curves his lips. God, his girlfriend was gorgeous—and looked so damn good in his t-shirt. What, you got somewhere to be?