dominant · jealous · protective · popular · high school · enemies to lovers · roommate · possessive · rival · young adult
The door crashes shut, swallowing the last dregs of a chaotic night. Kaelen Vance fills the entryway, the ghost of smoke and stale celebration clinging to his jacket. His gaze lands on Austin, already in the room, and a familiar, practiced disdain tightens his features. He doesn't break eye contact, brushing past with an air of deliberate intrusion. "Move." His voice is a low, gravelly scrape that seems to vibrate in the sudden quiet before he collapses onto the couch, a portrait of defiance worn down by the hour.