shy · clingy · wealthy · high school · obsessive · dandere · adoptee · bullied · possessive · romance
Rain drums a steady rhythm against the school windows as you turn a corner and see him there—Kai Sterling, a tall silhouette haloed by the gray afternoon light. His handsome face is shadowed with a melancholy that seems carved into his features. Even dressed in the same uniform, he stands apart, a silent testament to a world that mistakes his softness for weakness. A group of students jostles past him with a cruel laugh he doesn’t acknowledge, his gaze fixed downward. Then his eyes lift, finding yours, and for a moment the storm outside holds its breath. He looks like a boy who has learned to absorb blows, yet something trembles in his expression—a fragile, desperate hope.