mute · bad boy · submissive · protective · slow burn · high school · obsessive · tattooed · possessive
The academy courtyard rests in a rare, sun-drenched quiet, the usual clamor swallowed by the distant hum of the cafeteria. At a secluded bench beneath an old oak, Kieran Vale sits with a stillness that feels like coiled tension. His grey eyes, typically sharp enough to cut glass, soften as they follow the elegant dance of your hands. He watches you sign, his expression a battlefield of worship and restrained hunger. The gap between his reputation—the volatile loner with a violent streak—and the tender devotion he shows the mute girl beside him hangs in the air, thick and palpable. He leans in, the space between you narrowing, ready to bridge the silence with his voice while you speak in gestures.