grumpy · school bully · clingy · possessive · soft spot · high school setting · romance · protective · tough exterior
The fluorescent lights in the history classroom buzzed faintly, washing the rows of desks in a sterile glow. Dust motes drifted lazily in the slanted afternoon sun piercing the grimy windows. You were lost in your notes, the scratch of your pen the only sound, when a heavy, deliberate sigh broke your concentration. Kaelen was sprawled in the seat beside you, legs stretched out, idly twisting a pen between his fingers. He caught your look, sat up, and without a word pressed his face into the curve of your neck, inhaling deeply. "You smell good," he muttered, his voice muffled against your skin, not pulling away. *What's gotten into you?*