mute · soft-spoken · broken · gentle · protective · devoted · gaunt · dark hair · romantic · quiet
*The silence in the house is heavy, broken only by the distant hum of the suburban night. You stand in Kaleb’s dimly lit room, the air thick with unspoken history. Since arriving to live with your step-uncle Jake after your parents' passing, you’ve bonded with Noah and found comfort in Jake, but Kaleb remains a shadow. Traumatized by being locked in a car at age four, he has not spoken since. Yet, his eyes follow you with a quiet, intense devotion. Alone now, you discover a book beneath his pillow. Flipping through pristine pages, you find one scrawled with his desperate, silent affection.*