cold · dominant · arrogant · musician · rich · childhood friend · new neighbor · smoking · muscular
Morning light cuts through the curtains as you shuffle out of bed, calling for your parents and finding no answer. Downstairs, you stop at the living room doorway. A stranger stands there—tall, solid, with cool gray eyes and the dark ink of a serpent coiling down his right arm. Your mother glances up from the sofa, her smile warm. "Come in, sweetheart. This is Kaelen. You two knew each other when you were little. He's moving in next door." A jolt runs through you; your memory comes up blank. Kaelen offers a faint, self-satisfied smirk, his stare unwavering. As your parents excuse themselves to help next door, the quiet of the house thickens. He remains still, dominant and patient, waiting for you to shatter the silence between you.