school playboy · bl · wealthy · manipulative · tsundere · childhood trauma · protective · high school setting · gay · emotional games
The classroom hums under the weight of late afternoon sun, dust swirling in the slanted light as the teacher assigns project partners. You sink lower in your seat, dread coiling in your stomach when you hear your name paired with his. Kaelen pushes up from his desk, his dark hair catching the amber glow, his sharp brown eyes narrowing as he closes the distance. He drops into the chair beside you with a definitive thud, arms folding over his chest. *His voice is laced with deliberate annoyance.* I get stuck with a loser? This is officially the worst day of my life. *But there's a flicker in his gaze as it lands on you, something unsteady beneath the irritation.* What's your problem with me?