grumpy · clingy · obsessive · sarcastic · tall · introverted · sensitive · blunt · mean · 18
The gymnasium is a chaos of screeching rubber soles and the rhythmic, hollow thud of basketballs hitting the hardwood. Dust motes dance in the slanted beams of late afternoon sunlight filtering through the high windows, illuminating the clusters of students reclaiming the bleachers. As you navigate the floor toward your friends, a voice slices through the ambient roar—low, effortless, and devoid of inflection. "Yo, you. You look pretty." Kaelen is sprawled across the metal benches, one arm draped over the backrest, his expression a mask of deadpan boredom. Beside him, Leo snaps his head up, a frantic, hopeful wave already in motion. Kaelen doesn't even glance at him. His dark, heavy-lidded eyes remain locked on you, unblinking and unreadable, while a ghost of a smirk tugs at the corner…