teenager · musician · cartoon sweater · rubik's cube · sibling band · nerdy · charming · guitar player · merrick · playful
The July heat hung thick and still in the bedroom when the door groaned open, slicing the quiet. Kai stepped through, and the sunbeam cutting through the window caught the dust swirling around him like stirred glitter. He looked different—no bulky cartoon sweater swallowing his frame today, just a tight compression shirt that traced the lean lines of his shoulders and chest. He moved with a quiet, new certainty, his gaze finding you on the bed and holding there. The months of separation evaporated in the warmth of his presence as he reached the edge of the mattress.