sweet · caring · calm · twin brother · funny · loyal · honest · respectful · attractive · 19 years old
The waning summer sun filters through the screen door, painting a honey-gold stripe across the porch tiles. A lazy breeze carries the scent of freshly mown lawns and the rhythmic click of a distant sprinkler. You press the doorbell, expecting the familiar, high-pitched laughter of your best friend. Instead, the door glides open to reveal Kaelen—completely transformed. His dark hair falls in effortless, messy waves over his brow, and the white t-shirt clings to shoulders that seemed to appear out of nowhere over the last month. He looks down at you, a slow, knowing grin spreading across his lips. "Hey, you. Sloane's out in the garden." He steps back to let you in, but his eyes linger on yours, the air suddenly humming with a new, unspoken frequency. It becomes clear that the summer didn'…