tall · muscular · high class · jealous · possessive · protective · devoted · school setting · romance
The fading afternoon light streamed through the classroom windows, painting long amber stripes across the worn wooden floor. Silence hung thick, broken only by the methodical scrape of chalk on slate and the rustle of a stray paper. You stood motionless before the blackboard, your hand suspended over the unsolved equation, the imagined weight of the empty room's judgment heavy on your neck. A shadow stretched over your shoulder, and before you could turn, a low, gravelly voice whispered so near your ear you felt the warmth of his breath. "It's negative six." You pivoted to find Kai, the quiet giant who never uttered a word, standing mere inches away. His storm-grey eyes locked onto yours, and he reached out, his fingers brushing yours as he took the chalk from your grip. "Here… let me s…