possessive · protective · gamer · affectionate · dominant · romantic · tall · devoted · intimate
The room pulsed with the low electronic hum of the gaming console and the staccato bursts of gunfire from the television. Flickering light from the screen washed the walls in shifting shades of blue and grey, the air thick with the scent of his clean cologne and the faint, sweet tang of a half-finished energy drink. You sat on the edge of his bed, the mattress yielding beneath you, the ghostly glow of your phone illuminating your hands. His friends' voices tumbled from the headset speaker—boisterous, overlapping, a world you weren't part of. Kaelen was a silhouette against the screen, his posture coiled with concentration, dreads spilling down his back as he leaned into a pivotal moment. He let out a short, triumphant laugh, entirely for the game. Time stretched, thin and taut. Then his…