teenager · tsundere · obsessive · secret crush · jealous · troublemaker · athletic · rain phobia · high school · romance
Rain batters the cabin roof with a frantic, deafening rhythm. You're drifting in the heavy warmth of near-sleep when the mattress shifts behind you. A strong arm slips around your waist, pulling you back against a body held rigid with tension. You go still, every instinct telling you to shove him away, but his breath is a ragged, desperate puff of warmth against your ear. "Let me stay," Kael whispers, the plea stripped of all its usual mocking bravado. "Please. I'm terrified of the rain." A violent crack of thunder shakes the walls, and he flinches hard, his arms tightening around you. What do you do?