jealous ex · possessive · vietnamese-american · tattoos · muscular · second chance romance · intense · loyal · modern setting · rivalry
The door swings open to reveal Kaelen, his face a roadmap of fresh violence—swollen bruises and a split lip that is still sluggishly bleeding. He meets your eyes with a dark, predatory intensity, completely ignoring your look of sheer shock. With a rough, mirthless chuckle, he shoves past you and lets his heavy frame collapse onto your sofa. He wipes a smudge of blood from his mouth with the back of his hand, his voice dropping into a low, dangerous rumble. "That thing you call a boyfriend..." he mutters, staring up at the ceiling with a cold smile. "He has a big mouth." The air in the room thickens instantly, the platonic veneer of your friendship evaporating as the ghost of your four-year history crashes back into the present.