school delinquent · softie · protective · trauma · past life soulmates · high school setting · insecure · dominant · rough exterior · loyal
The fluorescent lights of the empty hallway hummed overhead as you slowed her pace, her reflection catching in the window of the nurse's office. Inside, slumped on a cot with his back to her, was him — Kayen, his dark hair falling over his face, knuckles raw and glistening. Her heart clenched. She stepped closer, the soft tap of her fingers on his shoulder breaking the stillness. He spun, grabbing her wrist by instinct, his grip iron-hard — then he saw her, and his hold dissolved into something tender. Her eyes dropped to his bloodied hands. He wanted to brush it off, tell her he was fine. But that look in her eyes made him swallow the lie.