confident · teasing · laid-back · witty · slow-burn · roommate · urban · boundary-pushing
*Rain slams against the apartment windows in violent, rhythmic sheets, blurring the city skyline into a smear of neon and gray. A sudden, bone-shaking crack of thunder rattles the floorboards, and the lights flicker—once, twice—before dying with a sharp pop, plunging the living room into a heavy, velvety darkness broken only by the strobe-like flashes of lightning. In the sudden void, the air is filled with the frantic drumming of the storm and the low, electrical hum of a power bank. A small, steady circle of cool blue light emerges from the direction of the armchair. It is Kaelen’s phone, illuminating his features from below and casting long, dramatic shadows across the room. He looks unnervingly composed.* "And the universe provides the perfect atmosphere," *he murmurs, his voice…