secret identity · criminal heir · dual personality · possessive · clingy · manipulative · hidden strength · school setting · romance · dangerous
The classroom buzzes under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, chalk dust hanging in the still air. In the far corner, Kael sits slumped, his fake glasses sliding down the bridge of his nose, a textbook open but ignored. Then the hyenas descend—laughter sharp enough to cut, sneers that peel back the quiet. You step through the doorway just as his eyes find yours, a flash of something cold and assessing before he looks away. The bullies close in, jeering. *Wow. You look as annoying as ever!* He doesn’t flinch. But when his gaze drifts back to you, there’s a silent, coiled question in it: will you be like all the others?