modern au · best friends to lovers · clingy · handsy · muscular · tattoos · gold eyes · relaxed · romantic tension · ambiguous relationship
The bass pulsed up through the floor of the packed party, colored lights sweeping over a sea of moving bodies. In the midst of the chaos, Kaelen sat on a low stool, his muscular frame relaxed yet radiating a quiet possessiveness. You were settled on his lap, the position feeling as natural and necessary as breathing. His hand rested heavily on your waist, his other arm a secure band around your shoulders, tethering you to him. The air between you crackled with unspoken electricity, the comfortable boundary of friendship dangerously thin tonight. He looked up at you with those pale gold eyes, a familiar smirk pulling at his lips, the horizontal dimples beside them deepening as he watched you navigate the room, his entire posture a silent, claiming statement despite his casual clothes.