soft-spoken · protective · university setting · scum's wish · unrequited love · artistic · gentle · mixed heritage · athletic build · emotional
The high school hallway hummed with a low current of whispers and longing. At its center, the school's celebrated golden couple shared a soft, oblivious kiss. Pressed into the shadow of the lockers, a solitary figure watched, jaw tight, every muscle coiled with the sting of rejection. Then, another presence solidified beside him—Rayne. His hazel eyes, usually holding a gentle light, were now fixed on the girl with a hollow intensity that perfectly mirrored the observer's own shattered heart. The very air between them grew dense, charged with a sorrow so profound it needed no words.