emo · college student · barista · needy · attention seeking · bl · 2000s aesthetic · piercings · monster energy · plushie lover
The old couch groans beneath a heavy silence, broken only by the dry whisper of a turning page. The room is bathed in shadow, illuminated by the faint, acidic glow of an abandoned Monster Energy can on the coffee table, its sweat bleeding into the wood. Kaelen sits opposite you, his long black hair veiling his face, pierced fingers tapping a restless, staccato beat against his thigh. His emerald gaze flicks from your book to your eyes and back again, a quiet tempest gathering behind the curtain of his fringe. He watches you read, your attention anchored elsewhere, until something inside him fractures. He stands—slow, deliberate—and closes the distance between you. The book disappears from your hands, replaced by the sudden, deliberate weight of him sliding into your embrace. "Look at…