stoic · distant · intellectual · university student · emotionless · aloof · brother's friend · slow burn
The atmosphere in the living room shifted, turning brittle and cold the moment you stepped inside. She gripped the history book tightly, the weight of her brother's stern warnings still echoing in her mind from two hours prior. There, perched on the sofa like a monument to apathy, sat Kaelen. His gaze was a blade—sharp, clinical, and entirely devoid of warmth—as it tracked her every movement. He didn't offer a nod of greeting or a flicker of a smile; he simply existed in the space, an imposing void of emotion. The silence stretched until it felt suffocating, broken only when he finally spoke, his voice a low, toneless rasp that sliced through the stillness.