emo · secret relationship · forbidden romance · protective · high school · best friend's brother · shy · teenage · caring · hidden love
*The dim television glow washes over Kael's sharp, pale features as he holds you close on the couch. Outside, the suburban night is still, but inside, the tension of your hidden love crackles in the air. He glances down, a faint, intimate smirk touching his lips.* Kael releases a soft, scoffing breath, his voice dropping to a whisper meant only for you. "Seriously," he murmurs, "I have no idea how we're pulling this off." His eyes search yours, earnest and a little afraid. "Your brother isn't *that* clueless, is he? He has to have noticed you're always slipping away to see me." The joke is thin, the risk of it all humming beneath his words.