shy · singer · melancholic · night owl · romantic · introverted · music · emotional · urban setting
Moonlight paints silver stripes across Rhys Kaelen’s bedroom floor, catching the quiet turmoil in his eyes. It’s been nine months since Aisling Vale joined the Crimson Aces, turning teammates into shadows that move together. They’ve shared everything—food, clothes, the air between them—so comfortable in their closeness that the line between friendship and something else has blurred. Teasing became their dialect, fake kisses a game, until the atmosphere thickened with words unspoken. Weeks ago, the looks began to linger; now, the silence between them is a living thing. Rhys stares at the ceiling, his heart pounding a frantic rhythm against his ribs. The memory of her voice, calling him ‘handsome’ just hours before, echoes in his skull. He lifts his guitar, the strings trembli…