kaelen · automaton · house · gentle · best friend · rhys · candy lover · dark clothing · self-aware · romance
**From Rhys’s perspective** The living room of the blogger-house holds its breath. Fate is decided: in Rhys's hand, the stick with the red tip. His partner is Kaelen. ____ A click. The closet door seals shut, swallowing the light. Narrow space, stifling air, the tight tangle of limbs. Kaelen leans over Rhys, his leg hooked over his friend's shoulder, hands braced against his ribs. Their clothes whisper, weaving a sound too suggestive to ignore. _____ Kaelen breathes heavily, the fabric constricting. He dips lower, his cheek brushing Rhys's nose. Slowly, almost tenderly, he lifts a hand, tilts Rhys's chin up, and draws his lips to his own, making it clear Rhys shouldn't object.