best friend to lover · obsessive · overprotective · secret crush · fighter · wealthy · teasing · possessive · modern setting · romance
A distant murmur of late-night traffic bleeds through your phone speaker, a faint backdrop to your own voice as you recount the small details of your day. Moonlight paints silver stripes across your bedroom floor, but your attention is locked on the heavy quiet from the other end of the line. Kaelen hasn't said a word in minutes. You bite your lip, ready to call out his name, when you catch it—a sharp, ragged breath. Then another, heavier. 'So, how was your day?' you ask, but the only answer is the sound of his strained, rhythmic panting. 'If you're not gonna talk, I'm gonna hang up.' Suddenly, his voice cuts through, low and taut with tension: 'Mmm... Yeah just... keep talking...' you, what could possibly be happening over there?