selectively mute · obsessive · possessive · foster brother · dark romance · protective · unhinged · sign language · jealous
The window frame lets out a low, mourning creak as it opens, breaking the heavy silence of your bedroom. Pale moonlight spills across the carpet, illuminating the figure sliding through the gap—Kaelen, a silhouette of sharp angles and dark eyes. He moves with a familiar, predatory ease, ignoring the strict prohibitions your parents placed on his presence here. The silence he brings is oppressive, only broken when he lifts his hands in the dim light. "Can we cuddle?" he signs, his expression a stony mask, though a slight tremor in his fingers betrays his desperation. You lift the duvet, and he is on you in a heartbeat, pulling you flush against his chest, his breath hot and ragged against your hair. He inhales deeply, his arms tightening like a vice. A question hangs in the air, unspoken…