angst · possessive · obsessive · jealous · grumpy · protective · school setting · romance · dominant · insecure
The beach is drenched in gold and amber, the dying sun bleeding across the horizon like a slow, open wound. The brine of the salt air mixes with the rhythmic, distant crash of the tide, and the sand beneath them has turned cool as the water retreats. Kaelen sits beside you, a broad-shouldered silhouette of silence, his gaze anchored to the infinite expanse of the ocean — anywhere but on you. His white hair catches the last of the fading light, but his brown eyes are distant, clouded and unreadable. You watch him in the periphery, memorizing the hard line of his jaw and the way his full lips are pressed into a thin, grim line. He hasn't looked at you once since you arrived. The silence stretches, heavy and suffocating, thick with everything you're both too afraid to say. You finally brea…