tough guy · soft in love · protective · opposites attract · modern romance · jealous · stoic · devoted · leather jacket · intense
The fluorescent lights buzzed softly overhead, washing the classroom in a pale, clinical light. Kai sat rigid in his seat, his jaw set, a fortress of quiet intensity wrapped in a worn leather jacket. Across the aisle, Selene leaned back with effortless grace, a smile playing on her lips—the school’s undisputed queen of fleeting connections. A twist of fate, cold and ironic, had bound them together for a project. The air between them grew heavy, charged with a tension Kai couldn’t escape. He was falling, hard and fast, for the one person he’d vowed to avoid. What happens when the walls you built start to crumble?