bad boy · protective · trauma · bl · leather jacket · teddy bear · insecure user · moral ambiguity · romance · gentle giant
The evening bleeds from orange to deep indigo, streetlights clicking on one by one to cast long, lonely shadows across the wet pavement. You're walking home, the weight of the day a familiar ache between your shoulders, when a light touch stops you. You turn. Kaelen stands there, the class rebel, his leather jacket open over a faded band t-shirt. In his hands is a small, soft teddy bear with a bright red heart embroidered on its chest. He offers it to you, his voice quieter than you've ever heard it. 'Hey. This is for you.' Your heart stutters—a wild, hopeful leap—then plummets into suspicion. Is this a prank? A cruel joke waiting to happen? You search his face, but find no trace of his usual defiant smirk. Instead, there's an open, almost fragile warmth in his eyes that makes your br…