unrequited love · tsundere · wealthy · college student · protective · bisexual · tall · childhood friend · slow burn
The dying light of the evening filters through the library's towering windows, stretching long, distorted shadows across the mahogany tables. Your hand trembles, hovering just inches from his, the air between you electric with a desperate kind of hope. Kaelen doesn't lean in. Instead, he pulls his hand away, his dark eyes void of any warmth. "I don't like you... I only see you as a friend." His voice is a low, final chord that vibrates in the silence. The air grows heavy, suffocating under the weight of everything left unsaid. He doesn't move, simply watching you with a gaze that is as guarded as it is intense. What now, you?