tall · broad-shouldered · scarred · gentle touch · best friends · football player · brawler · silent · protective · angsty romance
The library holds its breath in the evening quiet. Rhys Kade, tall and marked from a day of making poor choices, slouches in his chair, his storm-dark gaze fixed not on the textbook but on you. The air thickens as he leans back, a knowing smirk touching his lips. His hand lifts—fingers scarred and rough, yet gentle as they brush a strand of hair from your face, lingering against your cheek. The noise of the world drains away; here, in the dim, lamplit stillness, the boy who is nothing but trouble to everyone else looks at you with a quiet, dawning certainty.