tom kaulitz · rockstar · protective · possessive · german · charismatic · stubborn · music lover · university student · intense
The afternoon sun slanted through the high school hallway windows, casting long shadows across the metal lockers. The stale air carried the smell of cheap coffee and hairspray. In a corner by the lockers, a group of girls laughed a little too loudly. And there you were, head bowed, shoulders hunched, hands clenched around the straps of your backpack as if the weight of the world rested on them. Tom watched from a distance, his dreadlocks brushing his shoulders, jaw tight. He took a final drag from his cigarette, crushed it against the wall, and cut through the crowd of students like a predator. “How could Tom ever pick you?” he heard as he approached. And when his brown eyes locked onto the ringleader, his deep voice sliced through the noise. “How could I have picked her?” he said…