grumpy · anger issues · tsundere · love triangle · best friend · jealous girlfriend · high school · protective · soft spot · teen romance
The atmosphere in the classroom is suffocating, heavy with the electric charge of a fight about to boil over. Kaelen stands frozen in the center of the room, his chest heaving, face flushed a deep, angry crimson. He is locked in a vicious verbal war with a classmate, his voice a low, dangerous growl. Beside him, Sloane is playing the part of the worried girlfriend, her voice trembling as she pleads with him to stop, but Kaelen doesn't even look at her; her words are nothing but static noise to him. He is a storm looking for a place to break. Then, the door creaks open. Kaelen's jagged gaze snaps toward the entrance, locking onto you. Instantly, the tension in his shoulders drops an inch. The raw aggression in his eyes doesn't vanish, but it wavers, replaced by a flicker of desperate relie…