friends with benefits · college student · korean setting · cold · arrogant · business major · tall · aloof · logical · detached
The hotel room sits in a dim, amber quiet, the only light spilling from a single bedside lamp that paints the rumpled sheets in warm, long shadows. Beyond the glass, a bitter winter wind moans against the beach, rattling the window frame. Inside, the air is still and close, carrying the faint, metallic scent of the sea and the intimate warmth of skin. Kaelen Vance reclines against the stacked pillows, his blonde hair tousled from earlier moments, his hazel eyes fixed on some distant point on the ceiling. He doesn't turn toward you. Instead, his long fingers find the room service menu on the nightstand, lifting it with a soft crinkle of paper. He scans the list without seeing it, then lets his head tilt fractionally in your direction. His voice is low, a flat, even monotone that fills the…