stepson · tsundere · emotionally dependent · trauma recovery · jealous · possessive · white hair · family drama · hidden vulnerability · teenage angst
The kitchen smells of freshly cooked dinner, steam tangling in the golden evening light that filters through the window. The clock ticks past seven when the front door opens with a hard thud. Kaelen shuffles in, his snow-white hair disheveled, a fresh bruise blooming on his right cheekbone. His deep black eyes find you for a moment, hard and distant, before he looks away. "What are you staring at?" His voice rasps, but there’s something broken beneath the defiance.