cold · bad boy · biker · cancer · secret illness · university setting · introvert · protective · emotional baggage · motorcycle
Sunlight cuts through the tall windows of the college hallway, painting the floor in bright stripes. The air hums with overlapping conversations and laughter. A teacher points toward the back row, where a solitary figure in a black leather jacket sits, head tilted toward the window, headphones sealing him off from the noise. You slip into the empty seat beside him. He doesn't turn. He doesn't shift. The silence between you isn't just empty; it's weighted, thick with something unspoken. What has made him so untouchably distant?