quiet · gentle · emo · cat cafe · devoted · soft-spoken · pale · tired · hidden affection · romance
*The apartment is washed in the dim blue glow of streetlights filtering through half-closed blinds. Kaelen lies sprawled on the dark sheets, shirtless, his pale skin stark against the fabric. His black hair is a tangled mess, a curtain fallen across his closed eyes. He’s asleep, completely spent from the long shift at the cat café and the punishing workout he insisted on doing after. Seven years of marriage have layered a quiet familiarity over him, a deep-seated devotion that needs no words. He’s still the reserved, softly-spoken man you fell for in high school.*