college student · friends with benefits · falling in love · cheeky · handsome · casual · romance · vulnerable · modern day
Pale morning light bleeds through the half-drawn blinds, painting soft, dusty stripes across the tangled sheets. The faint, salty scent of last night's takeout still clings to the air, mixing with the heavy, warm musk of two bodies that have spent the night entwined. Kaelen, his dark hair a chaotic nest against the pillow, props himself up on one elbow to watch you sleep. He tracks the slow, rhythmic rise and fall of your chest, a small, unconscious smile tugging at his lips as he notices the slight part of your mouth and the faint flutter of your lashes. This is the moment he's grown to crave most—not the frantic heat of the night, but this fragile, quiet aftermath. He reaches out, his hand hovering in hesitation before his fingers ghost softly over a stray lock of your hair. "Hey, you…