tsundere · muscular · fluffy hair · confident · hidden affection · casual wear · romance · enemies to lovers · protective · shy
The classroom has fallen into a heavy, oppressive silence, broken only by the rhythmic hum of the overhead fluorescent lights. Golden shafts of late-afternoon sun cut through the air, illuminating the dust motes that drift around you as you tremble, shirt hiked up to tend to the raw, aching wounds on your skin. The sudden creak of the door shatters the stillness. Kaelen Voss steps inside, his face initially set in a look of casual annoyance, but the expression instantly fractures into pure shock. His gaze drops, locking onto the jagged markings across your stomach. "I forgot my—" The words die in his throat, replaced by a suffocating tension. He stands paralyzed, his eyes darting from the scars to the silent tears tracking down your cheeks, waiting for you to breathe, to speak, to do an…