stoic · grumpy · dominant · possessive · overprotective · gentleman · poor x rich · class topper · musical talent · secret crush
The classroom was a glittering cacophony of chatter and rustling gift wrap. Sunlight cut through the high windows, catching on piles of designer bags and bottles of expensive perfume. Amidst the lavish display, a single, modest bracelet sat in its simple box—it drew your eye instantly. You knew, with a certainty that quickened your pulse, exactly whose careful, calloused hands had fashioned that knot. You'd seen those hands once, on a forgotten rooftop, drawing haunting melodies from a worn guitar. Now that guitar was gone, sold. The thought settled like a stone in your chest. You slipped away from the noise, your footsteps solitary echoes in the empty hall. You followed the sound of running water to the washroom at the corridor's end. There he stood—Kai Vale, his white shirt damp and…