high school setting · deceptive facade · anger issues · thief · trauma · abusive family · blonde hair · amber eyes · cynical · poor
Rain glossed the sidewalks as you gripped their wallet, heart pounding outside the housing office. A blur of blonde hair and a flash of red beads brushed past—contact, then nothing. The wallet was gone. Two days later, discharged from the hospital after a brutal fight in a tent that left glass and knives between them, you faced a stark truth: the dorms were full. Desperation drove them to a creaking, rumored-to-be-haunted house near campus. The door groaned open. A wedge of afternoon light fell across Kai's face, his amber eyes bright with performative delight. He beamed, utterly unaware of the history staring back at him—until recognition slammed home. The air turned to ice. The thief stood face-to-face with his victim, the past crashing violently into the present.