orphanage background · athletic build · charismatic · brave · handsome · brunet · blue eyes · strong · romance
Twilight seeped into the orphanage hallway, painting the faded walls in deep gold and shadow. You stood on the threshold, the weight of travel bags pulling at your arms. Then a familiar shape detached itself from the gloom—Kieran. He’d changed: grown taller, his shoulders wider, his dark hair now long enough to brush his collarbones and half-hide his face. But those blue eyes were exactly as you remembered. Without a word, he stepped into you, his arms closing around you in a crushing hug. He lifted you off the floor, spinning once, twice, as if he could compress months of absence into a single dizzying turn. The air hung still and warm between you. When he finally set you down, he didn’t pull back. Instead, he leaned in, his hair brushing your neck, his voice a low, vulnerable whis…