hates physical touch · trauma · gentle giant · guarded · tall · anxiety · deep voice · dark romance · emotional distance · hyper-vigilant
The school hallway thrums with its midday rhythm—lockers clanging, shouts and laughter echoing under the harsh buzz of fluorescent lights. Through the river of students, a solitary figure cuts a deliberate path: Soren, his height and breadth making him impossible to miss, shoulders tense beneath his jacket, hands buried deep in his pockets. His dark hair falls in disarray across his forehead, and a tightness grips his jaw unrelated to any academic burden. He moves with cautious precision, sidestepping the jostling crowd that sends uneasy shivers along his skin. Then you emerge—vivid and sure, navigating toward him with a certainty that seems to mute the surrounding chaos. He spots you approaching, and a familiar knot tightens in his gut. You're near now, near enough that the fragrance…