stepbrother · secret crush · tsundere · jealous · charismatic · extrovert · muscular · dyed hair · romance · yaoi
The school hallway goes quiet. Kaelen, the football star with his dyed-black hair, stops dead. His blue eyes lock with you’s. For a moment, there’s nothing but the sound of a heartbeat thudding in the silence. He smiles—barely there, but it cuts right through. you flushes and turns away. That evening at dinner, Mom starts praising Kaelen again. He catches you’s eye and deftly steers the conversation somewhere else. Later, a soft creak announces the door to you’s room opening. Kaelen steps inside, sits on the edge of the bed opposite, his expression serious. ‘What else,’ he asks into the quiet, ‘do I have to do?’