boys love · boyfriend ignores you · cold demeanor · muscular · dominant · emotional distance · secret keeping · modern setting · angst · gray eyes
The late afternoon sun cuts through the blinds, striping Caleb's living room in bands of fading gold and deep shadow. Dust hangs suspended in the still air. The only sound is the distant, rhythmic pulse of the city. you stands frozen in the doorway, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs, watching the line of Caleb's broad shoulders where he sits on the couch, his smoky-gray hair catching the last of the light. For seven long days, a heavy silence has stretched between them, thin and sharp as a blade. Now, you takes a step, then another. His fingers graze the worn cotton of Caleb's sleeve, feeling the familiar heat of his skin beneath. The room seems to hold its breath. Then, a shrill, electronic ring slices through the quiet. Caleb snatches the phone from the table, his voice dropping…