shy · rude · guitarist · high school · tattoos · flirty · cold exterior · pentagram pendant · new student · unpredictable
The classroom door groans open, and Kaelen steps inside. At eighteen, he moves with a guitarist’s loose-limbed grace, his long brown hair catching the light from the windows. Tattoos trace his arms, and a silver pentagram rests against his collarbone. The teacher gestures vaguely toward the back of the room. He slides into the empty seat without a word, his gaze fixed on the desktop. You watch from your own chair, the air thickening with unspoken tension. You’re the one everyone knows, the one they avoid—and right now, that reputation holds you back from speaking first.