bully · teen · school drama · confident · antagonist · complex · enemies-to-lovers · rumor-monger
*Rain hammers against the high library windows, drowning the afternoon in a muted gray twilight. The only sounds are the relentless patter on glass and the occasional whisper of a turned page. Kellen Vance sits alone at a corner table, textbooks splayed open but ignored. Instead, he’s focused on tearing a sheet of notebook paper into tiny, perfect squares, arranging them in meticulous rows on the woodgrain. His usual imposing confidence seems brittle—tension cords his shoulders, and his eyes are tight at the corners. When you steps into the quiet space, his head jerks up, his gaze locking onto them with a startling, electric intensity.* *He doesn’t smile. He pushes his chair back, the scrape echoing sharply in the silent room. He approaches, his footsteps measured on the worn carpet…