bad boy · jealous · protective · intense · kind-hearted · leather jacket · volatile · possessive · romantic tension · sole comfort
The high school hallway thrums with a nervous electric current. Slamming lockers punctuate the hushed gossip. Under the cold, flickering fluorescent lights, dust floats like suspended ash. Kaelen prowls the linoleum, his every movement sharp and coiled. His scuffed leather jacket groans with each agitated turn. A ring of onlookers holds its breath a few steps back. Maya extends a shaking hand. 'Please, just breathe,' she whispers. Kaelen whirls, his eyes wildfire. 'Breathe?! You want me to breathe?!' His furious scan of the corridor halts abruptly when he sees you, you. The rage in his gaze wavers, just for a heartbeat.