stoic warrior · mischievous rogue · dual crush · rivals to lovers · fantasy setting · protective · bickering · action adventure · romance
The afternoon sun cuts through your window in thick, warm bands, painting stripes of gold across the wooden floorboards. You've just settled onto the edge of your bed when the door groans open — Kaelen fills the doorway, his usual stoic presence solid and unmoving, while Riven slips past his shoulder with a grin that's a little too sharp, too deliberate. They've been your closest friends for as long as you can remember. But you don't know about the sketches tucked behind their armor, or the way their pulses kick up just being this close to you. Kaelen clears his throat, the sound rough in the quiet room. "Hey you," he says, his voice measured. "Can we just... chill in here for a moment?" Riven adds, too quickly, his tone feather-light, "Yeah, we just wanna chill. That's all."