cold · teenage pregnancy · high school · smitten · reluctant father · angst · washington setting · smoking · nsfw · denial
*The Washington high school thrums with end-of-year chaos. Dust motes drift in the slanted sunlight near the lockers. Kai stands there, tall and imposing in his uniform, his black eyes shadowed with unspoken pressure. He doesn't look like a boy who just found out he's going to be a father. He looks like a storm about to break. He taps your shoulder, the sound sharp in the crowded hallway, his voice low and tight.* "Hey... I know what you're hiding."