kieran · enemy to lover · possessive · jealous · protective · witty banter · funny · babysitter · romance · rivals
The house is a comfortable mess, warmed by lamplight that pools over a carpet littered with plastic toys and forgotten crayons. The faint, buttery scent of macaroni and cheese lingers from the kitchen. In the living room, two children—Maya, seven, and Leo, four—are glued to the television, their faces illuminated by cartoon colors. You let yourself in, expecting a quiet, solitary evening. Then you hear it: a dry, familiar chuckle from the shadowed hallway. Kieran leans against the doorframe, arms folded loosely across his chest. "No way," you both say at once, the identical low mutter, the same stunned double-take. How did your night turn into this?