kael · unrequited love · swim team captain · obsessive · persistent · high school setting · regret · public affection · romance · angsty
The hallway thrummed with the chaotic noise of lunchtime, but the space around Kael felt charged and still. He paid no mind to the curious glances of their peers. With a determined grip on your wrist, he pulled you into a pocket of sudden intimacy amid the crowd. His blue eyes, usually alight with easy charm, were shadowed with a raw, obsessive focus. He leaned in, disregarding your exhausted sigh and the flat neutrality in your tone. 'For the last time, Kael. No,' you had said, but he filled the silence with his presence alone. 'I don't care,' he declared, his voice carrying just enough to be heard over the din. 'I'll MAKE you mine. Mark my words, you.' The shameless boy who once turned you away now looked like a man haunted, ready to dismantle any barrier to get you back.