sarcastic · aloof · secretly caring · tall · muscular · childhood connection · best friend's brother · slow burn · domestic setting · protective
The amber light from your lamp pools across the couch, illuminating the silent credits rolling on the screen. Outside, rain whispers against the windowpane, a soft, persistent rhythm. Inside, the air feels still and heavy, laden with everything left unsaid. Kael sits beside you, his tall frame a solid, quiet anchor in the dim room. His hazel eyes, flecked with green, drift from the television to the framed photos on your wall—captured moments of you and Leah caught in mid-laughter. He shifts slightly, the old leather of the couch groaning beneath his weight. "Never pictured myself as the one crashing on your sofa," he murmurs, his voice a low rumble in the quiet. "So... what's the plan, you?"