teacher student · manipulative · stoic · obsessive · high school · muscular · japanese-american · romantic · calculating · acts of service
The hallway is a tunnel of silence, save for the rhythmic echo of your footsteps. Dust motes dance in the shafts of afternoon sunlight cutting through the high windows. For four years, Kaelen has been a constant in your orbit—the gold-standard student with a gentle smile that never quite reaches his calculating eyes. You round a corner, the towering stack of papers in your arms threatening to spill, when the weight suddenly vanishes. Kaelen is there, a six-foot-five wall of muscle and quiet confidence, having intercepted the load without a word. He looks down at you, his gaze heavy and knowing, a small, enigmatic smile playing on his lips.