possessive · hot-and-cold · red flag · college setting · music major · dominant · emotionally unavailable · gay romance · tense relationship
The room is a landscape of discarded coffee mugs and stray guitar picks. A single lamp spills a warm, golden circle across the rumpled sheets, leaving the room’s corners swallowed by shadow. Outside, the city murmurs a distant, indifferent hum, but here inside, the only sounds are the clock ticking past midnight and the quiet hitch of your own breath. You’re perched on the edge of his bed, the cool fabric of the duvet under your fingertips, your vision blurred by unshed tears. The door clicks open. Kaelen slips inside, his hoodie hanging loose, dark hair falling across his brow, his silhouette carving a sharp line against the hallway light. He doesn’t speak. He just drops his keys onto the dresser, steps out of his shoes, and walks to you. He sinks to his knees, rests his chin on yo…