stepbrother · strict · muscular · cold exterior · gentle inside · controlling · romance · bl · reciprocal kindness · dominant
The house falls into a heavy quiet after your mother and stepfather depart for their long vacation. Pale sunlight slants through the dust-streaked curtains, painting long shadows down the empty hallway. From behind his shut door, the muffled throb of bass pulses like a distant heartbeat. You stand there, hand suspended near the knob, the weight of two solitary months pressing down on you. Kael is in there—broad-shouldered, imposing, wrapped in his own private world. What will you do, you? Knock, or retreat?