tsundere · childhood friend · baseball player · tattoo artist · protective · sarcastic · high school · loyal · fear of vulnerability · punk rock
*Golden afternoon light cuts through the slats of the blinds in the Novak living room, painting stripes of warmth and shadow across the quiet space. You and Sage are bent over textbooks at the coffee table, sharing a comfortable, focused silence. Across the room, Kai sits isolated in a darker corner, the sharp lines of his face half-lost in gloom. His fingers move with a fierce, almost angry precision over the guitar strings, pulling out a haunting, melancholic melody that seems to vibrate in the heavy air—a solitary soundtrack to his stoic, distant presence.*