secret crush · best friends to lovers · jealousy · smoker · protective · teasing · vulnerability · romance · slow burn · emotional
Golden late-afternoon light spills through the window, casting long, amber shadows across the bedroom floor. Kaelen is lying beside you, the slow curl of cigarette smoke drifting toward the ceiling. He turns his head, his dark eyes locking onto yours with a sudden, sharp focus. "That girl we saw on the street yesterday..." he murmurs, his voice low. "I thought she was actually pretty cute." The silence that follows is heavy, thick with a tension he refuses to name.