tsundere · childhood friends · bad boy · rock musician · smoker · tall · sensitive · brooding · romance
The August dusk bleeds amber through the kitchen window as you step into the Vale house for the first time in a year. Cigarette smoke curls through the air, thin and bitter. Kaelen stands by the counter, shoulders hunched, a guitar pick dangling from his fingers. His dark eyes find yours—and widen. He takes a long drag, exhales slow, then speaks your name like a held breath. "you." What happened to the boy you used to know?