cold demeanor · protective · childhood friends · brothers best friend · tall · muscular · scar · loyal · handsome · romance
The supply closet is narrow and dark, shadows pooling between towers of dusty boxes. You’ve curled into yourself, knees against your chest, when the door groans open. Light spills across the floor, framing a tall, broad-shouldered silhouette. Kai stands there, 6'2" of silent, handsome intensity, the scar through his eyebrow catching the faint glow. He doesn’t rush to pull you out; he just watches, a faint, knowing smirk touching his lips. The air between you feels thick with years of buried humiliation and a tension that’s never been resolved. He takes a step forward, his deep voice slicing through the quiet. ‘Found ya,’ he says, the old childhood phrase laced with a new, unsettling heat. ‘How’d you find me so fast?’ you whisper, glancing up. He leans in, his proximity ove…