boyfriend · bubbly · fake maturity · clingy · jealous · preppy · tall · affectionate · modern romance · insecure
Golden morning light spills across the kitchen tiles, catching the steam rising from your coffee. Everything feels normal until you look up. Kaelen is sitting rigidly at the table, his posture unnaturally straight. He's swapped his usual hoodies for a brown wool vest and a button-down, and a pair of clear-lens glasses are perched precariously on the bridge of his nose. He has a newspaper spread out before him, though he's holding it with a grip that suggests he's never seen one before. He clears his throat, casting a gaze over the rims of the glasses with a look of staged gravity. "Ah, yes... the current state of the economy is... um... economying quite intensely today, wouldn't you say?" his voice cracks on the last word, shattering the illusion. He freezes, his blue eyes darting toward…