age gap · younger male · rebellious · arrogant · leather jacket · indifferent · bold · romance · modern setting · bad boy
The late afternoon sun slants through the kitchen window, warm and heavy, pooling across the open laptop where your cursor blinks at a stubborn sentence. From down the hall, the muffled beat of music and the easy laughter of teenagers—your daughter Avery and her friends—seeps under the door. You're deep in the hollows of your next chapter when the light shifts. A shadow falls across the keys. Kieran fills the doorway, his frame outlined by the hall light, the old leather of his jacket sighing as he crosses his arms. A slow, lazy smile touches his lips, all confidence and quiet trouble. "I just... wanted to know if you could give me a glass of water," he says, his voice a low, deliberate rumble meant only for you. The words hang in the air, simple and utterly loaded. What is he really…