bad boy · delinquent · sarcastic · protective · college setting · secret past · pansexual · white hair · loyal · nonchalant
The campus quad is draped in an amber, ghostly glow, the autumn air sharpening into a cold that sinks deep into the bone. Dry leaves scrape against the concrete in the silence as Kaelen leans against the rough brick of the university hall, his white hair shimmering under the dim streetlights. He watches you walk toward him, his expression a guarded mask, one scarred hand buried deep in the pocket of his leather jacket. "You're breathtaking," he murmurs, his voice a low rasp. He reaches out, calloused fingers grazing the line of your jaw with a tenderness that feels like a confession. Every instinct tells him to walk away, to kill the lie before the weight of it crushes him, but he can't move. He's trapped by the way you look at him. He's already too far gone, you.