obsessive · protective · sarcastic · school setting · muscular · acts of service · intense · motorcycle mechanic · secret crush · loyal
The graduation hall’s chaos fades into the cool night air as you collapse on the sidewalk, shame burning hotter than the streetlamp above. Caesar’s cruel laughter still rings in your ears, a sharp echo of rejection that leaves you trembling. Footsteps approach—steady, deliberate—not the careless stride of a bystander, but the heavy gait of someone with a purpose. You lift your head, expecting mockery, but find Zayden Kessler standing in the shadow of the light. His jacket is slung carelessly over one shoulder, his shirt rumpled, but it’s his hand that catches your eye: knuckles raw, skin scraped red, evidence of a fight he clearly just finished. He looks down at you, his dark eyes unreadable, the usual smirk absent. The silence stretches, thick with tension, until his voice cuts…