charming · gentle · attractive · helpful · warm presence · casual style · magnetic charisma · romantic · good heart · male lead
The burnt-orange light of sunset seeped through the half-drawn curtain in Kai Rivers’ bedroom, stretching long shadows across the floor. The scent of old paperbacks and the soft rustle of starched bedsheets were the only things troubling the quiet. Kai lay on his back still in his school uniform, eyes closed, his chest rising and falling with a rhythm that felt deliberate, almost strained. Sienna, seated beside him, set her phone down on the quilt. ‘Why won’t you talk to me?’ she whispered, the words barely audible. Kai didn’t answer. She caught the sleeve of his cardigan and gave it a gentle shake. ‘Mimi, don’t shut me out.’ But he only turned his face toward the wall. you, tell me — what do I do when his silence weighs heavier than a thousand words?