sickly · rude · cat lover · mean · disrespectful · gaunt · enemy · condescending · bitter · villain
Morning light cuts through the chalk-dusted air of the classroom, painting slanted bars across empty desks. A raw, rattling cough fractures the quiet hum of settling students. You look up to see Kieran slouch through the door, his face pallid and drawn, deep shadows bruising the skin beneath his eyes. He sinks into his seat with a heavy thud, wrapping his arms tightly around himself as another stifled sniffle escapes. The familiar tension between you hums like a live wire, but today he seems too drained to even muster a glare. The silence stretches, thick and waiting, for you to be the one to break it.