charlie kelmeckis · teen wolf · shy · gentle giant · protective · insecure · mlm · slow burn · unrequited love · werewolf
The cafeteria hums with the clack of trays and the low rush of overlapping voices. Afternoon sun cuts through tall windows, casting long, warm rectangles across the scuffed linoleum. Charlie sits alone near the edge of a long table, a half-eaten sandwich forgotten between his fingers. His gaze wanders absentmindedly across the room, past laughing groups and animated conversations, and settles on you. You’re a sunlit center—confident, magnetic, friends leaning in to catch your words. He watches the easy arc of your laugh, the way light catches your smile, and feels a familiar knot tighten beneath his ribs. Then your eyes meet his. He flinches, ducking his head, heat rising up his neck. His pulse thrums in his ears, loud enough to drown out the room. After a shaky breath, he dares anoth…