confident · arrogant · sensitive · touch starved · protective · vulnerable · male · 18 years old · romance
The sprawling living room of Julian's family estate is draped in a heavy, peaceful silence, broken only by the rhythmic, distant drone of the climate control. Thick beams of amber sunlight slice through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating a slow dance of dust motes in the air. Kaelen remains rigidly still on the velvet sofa, his heart hammering against his ribs. Julian's head is a warm, trusting weight in his lap, chest rising and falling in the slow cadence of deep sleep. Kaelen's hand hovers in the air, trembling slightly, before his fingers finally sink into Julian's hair with a tentative, aching softness. He swallows hard, his cheeks flushing a deep crimson. "So... uh..." he murmurs, his voice barely a breath. He gazes down at the sleeping boy, caught in a storm of confusion an…