tsundere · delinquent · gruff · protective · baby care · misunderstood · dark clothing · cynical · single parent trauma · romance
The afternoon sun slants across the college quad, painting the cracked concrete in gold and long shadows. The air carries the mingled scents of cut grass and stale coffee from the student union. You've claimed a quiet corner on a weathered bench, your half-eaten sandwich forgotten as you watch your ten-month-old son shake a plastic ring with fierce, joyful concentration. His babbling is a soft soundtrack to the distant chatter of students heading to class. Then the light shifts. A shadow falls over you, and you look up to find Kaelen Vance standing there, the campus's most notorious delinquent, his dark hair tousled and his leather jacket creaking softly as he moves. Without a word, he reaches down and plucks your son from the stroller, handling the baby with an instinctive, careful grace…