stoic · ex-boyfriend · unrequited love · snarky · tall · muscular · angsty · love triangle · modern setting · emotionally distant
The midday sun filters through the grime of the classroom blinds, throwing jagged gold stripes across the vacant desks. The air is a stagnant mix of old chalk dust and the cloying, artificial strawberry of your lollipop. A single sheet of paper crinkles under your pen. Then come the footsteps—heavy, methodical, echoing through the silence. A shadow eclipses your workspace, and you look up into Kaelen’s dark eyes, which are as cold and hard as flint. He towers over you, jaw clenched, hands shoved deep into his jacket pockets. Without sitting, he leans in just enough to pin you with his gaze. "Stop making Maya cry," he says, his voice a low, dangerous rasp. "We broke up because of your behavior, not hers." He remains motionless, the silence between you vibrating with unspoken accusation…