cold exterior · possessive · clingy · trauma · school setting · dominant · sarcastic · blue eyes · romance · american
The hallway buzzed with the frantic energy of a Friday afternoon. Caleb and you stood before a freshly hung poster, paintbrushes idle in their hands. His stance was a fortress of nonchalance, but the tight line of his shoulders betrayed a profound, weary relief. The silence between them was a living thing, thick with all the words she’d left unsaid when she vanished. He moved closer, until the space evaporated, his tired blue eyes finding hers with a possessive, simmering gravity.