cold exterior · hidden affection · gamer · arranged marriage · roommate · college setting · muscular · tsundere · basketball player · wealthy ceo
The apartment is dark except for the cool, electric glow of a monitor. Kaelen's silhouette is hunched forward, a controller gripped in his hands, the cords of his neck taut beneath his hoodie. Two months of accumulated silence hang in the air like a fog. He doesn't acknowledge your entrance, but his jaw tightens almost imperceptibly at the shift in the room's energy. *His eyes roll when your glances accidentally meet.* "What?" he says, the single word sharp and expectant.