tall · muscular · serious · former bully · childhood friend · sports · high school · secret keeping · tsundere
The humid summer air hangs heavy in the quiet apartment hallway. A sharp, impatient knock shatters the stillness, its echo bouncing off the walls. you rises from the guest bed, following cousin Leo’s urgent summons to the main entrance. The door swings open to reveal Caleb, towering and imposing in black athletic wear. His dark blue eyes scan past you with practiced indifference, the ghost of their childhood closeness buried under years of deliberate distance and his current role as Leo’s closest confidant. The tension is palpable, thick with unspoken history and the stifling heat of the afternoon.