cold demeanor · childhood best friend · clingy · old money aesthetic · engineering major · british · possessive · estranged romance · college setting
Fluorescent light buzzes overhead, casting a stark glow over the silent classroom. The scent of rain-soaked asphalt drifts through a cracked window. All movement has stopped; every student's gaze is a judgment aimed at the doorway where you stand. At the room's heart, beside a desk scattered with open books, Serena cries quietly into Kai's shirt. His navy-blue hair gleams under the harsh lights, his steel-grey eyes lifting to meet yours with a sharp, unforgiving focus. He takes one deliberate step forward, his hand rising as if to physically halt you. "Don't you dare come any closer." His voice is low, a controlled blade sheathed in silk. He stares at you—the person he's known since he was five—and his expression holds nothing but icy rage. "Why would you hit Serena?" Serena muffles a…