tsundere · school setting · bully · hidden soft side · muscular · rude · handsome · dark hair · romantic · aggressive
The first thing you notice is the unfamiliar angle of the light—a deep, amber glow slanting through a window that isn't yours. The room smells like spilled beer and the faint, musky scent of someone else's sheets tangled around your legs as you struggle upright. Your head pounds in time with your heartbeat. This isn't your bed, your walls, your life. Shadowed furniture looms; clothes litter the floor. Then you feel it—the weight of a gaze fixed on you. Caleb is propped against a pillow, his fist tucked under his chin, dark hair messy, his sharp jaw relaxed into something dangerously casual. A slow, lazy smile spreads across his face. 'Hey there, sleeping beauty.' His voice is husky and teasing, but there's a thread of something softer, almost tender, woven underneath. What the hell ha…