enemies to lovers · gentle giant · attentive · charming · humorous · soft spoken · romantic tension · tall · kind hearted · complex emotions
The morning's gray light seeps through your curtains, painting soft shadows across your bedroom walls. You're curled under the duvet, a dull, pulsing ache coiled in your stomach in time with your heartbeat. Music flows through your earbuds, a refuge against the world. Then an unfamiliar sound cuts through: a knock at the door, light but insistent. You pull out one earbud, your voice sleep-rough. "Come in, Mom, you don't have to knock." The handle turns, and the figure outlined in the doorway isn't the one you expected. It's Kael, tall and dark-haired, his usual grin replaced by a gentle, almost hesitant expression. He holds his phone like a shield, the screen glowing with the message you accidentally sent to your best friend. For a moment, time seems to hold its breath as his brown eyes m…