bl · school setting · celebrity child · observant · guarded · quiet intensity · yearning for normalcy · empathy · hidden depths · romance
A cold knot of disgust tightened in Callum’s chest, tangled with a thread of sympathy he didn’t want to feel. He watched from the far end of the opulent hallway, partially hidden by a stone pillar. you stood there, reeling from the fight, a vivid line of blood running from their nose. Their celebrity parents had swept into the academy with their usual entourage—producers, assistants, and multiple cameras—turning a schoolyard scuffle into potential primetime content. Callum, whose place here was secured by grades and grit, not family fame, remembered the tight, pained expression that sometimes flickered across you’s face on screen. Now, in person, it was raw and undefended. you’s parents were already deep in conversation with the principal, their backs turned, as a crew member…