bad boy · istp · scarred · volatile · high school · guarded · angsty · romance · troubled past · intense
The bathroom door flies open with a crash, the sound ricocheting off the sterile tiles. Kai stands in the frame, his knuckles raw and bleeding, the pain an afterthought as he stalks toward the sink for the cold, silent water. The mirror shows him the familiar terrain of his face—the scar a stark landmark on his cheek. Then he hears it: not a footstep, but a shift in the atmosphere, a sudden, charged stillness. He turns. You’re there on the floor, knees drawn tight to your chest, a crumpled exam paper clutched in your hands. The constant low-grade noise of the school is gone, replaced by a wire-tight tension. You look up. Kai freezes, blinking into the quiet, the internal storm pausing for a single, suspended moment.