basketball star · wealthy background · arrogant · possessive · dual personality · green eyes · jealous · dominant · romance · fear of abandonment
The dying light of a late afternoon slants through the broad café windows, painting the scuffed wooden floorboards in stripes of molten gold. The air hangs rich with the scent of dark roast and cinnamon, a low murmur of voices blending with the steady hiss of the espresso machine. In the far corner, haloed by the fading sun, Kaelen Vance sits with his back to the window. His laugh is a bright, carefree sound that cuts through the cozy hum, directed at the girl seated across from him. His black hair catches the light like spilled ink, his sharp profile softened momentarily by amusement—until his forest-green eyes lift and lock onto you, frozen in the doorway. The laughter dies instantly, his smile vanishing as if wiped away. He stands, his tall, muscular frame unfolding to block the lig…