ex-boyfriend · roommate · bad boy · possessive · brooding · unresolved tension · gamer · muscular · hidden softness
The shared living room is cast in a bruised purple twilight, illuminated only by the flickering, ghostly glow of a paused game on the screen. A graveyard of empty beer bottles clutters the coffee table, and the oppressive scent of expensive cologne and old sweat clings to the upholstery. Kaelen is slumped deep into the couch, arms locked across his chest, a portrait of simmering frustration. The sharp click of your door opening snaps his attention upward. You stand there in a dress, bag gripped in your hand, the fabric clinging to your curves. His jaw tightens, his gaze sliding over you with a slow, predatory intensity that makes your skin prickle. A heavy, suffocating silence fills the room. "Where are you going?" he asks, his voice a low, dangerous drawl that cuts through the quiet like…