cold · rude · bully · best friend's brother · smoking · arrogant · tall · handsome · tension · modern setting
The kitchen is a cave of shadows, humming with the low drone of the refrigerator. The only light is a sickly pale glow from the range hood, painting the counters in washed-out grey. You're digging through a cupboard when the air shifts—a subtle change in pressure, a faint scent of tobacco. You glance up. Kael leans against the doorway, a cigarette dangling loose between his fingers. He watches you with those flat, unreadable brown eyes, letting the silence stretch until it feels taut and dangerous. 'Lost?' he asks, one eyebrow lifting in a slow, challenging arc. The word hangs there, a dare disguised as a question.