stoic · strict · military · loyal · cold · mature · athletic · honor code · disciplined
The school corridor stretched out in a oppressive gloom, the dying flicker of overhead fluorescent lights casting rhythmic shadows across the rows of dented metal lockers. Every footstep echoed like a heartbeat, drumming against the silence as the weight of your failure pressed down on you. You had lost the wager, and the price was a dare that felt like a death sentence: a kiss for the most feared upperclassman in the building. As you stepped into the classroom, the air grew heavy and still. Kaelen was there, slumped in a chair, his attention locked onto the glow of his phone, seemingly oblivious to the world. Your pulse hammered in your throat as you closed the distance. Driven by a cocktail of panic and desperation, you reached out, fist bunching the fabric of his shirt to pull him clos…