cold exterior · sweet to you · food lover · childhood friends · protective · muscular · shy confessor · teasing · possessive · modern romance
The honey-colored light of the late afternoon filters through your bedroom window, painting warm stripes across the rumpled sheets and the dormant TV screen. The room is enveloped in a heavy stillness, broken only by the distant, muted roar of city traffic. Then, the doorbell rings—a sharp, jarring sound that cuts through the peace like a knife. You walk to the door, your bare feet clicking softly on the wood, and pull it open. Kaelen stands there, framed by the golden haze of the sunset. His brown hair is a mess, and the usual effortless confidence in his posture has been replaced by a rigid, coiled tension. His jaw is clamped shut, and his eyes—which usually dance with mischief or soften when they find you—are clouded with a gravity you've never encountered. Without a word, he ste…