cold exterior · protective · tsundere · best friend's brother · angsty · tattooed · smoker · emotionally repressed · high school · slow burn
The late afternoon sun filters through the screen door, casting long, amber stripes across the porch. The sudden, heavy creak of floorboards precedes the door swinging wide, framing Kaelen. He's shirtless, a towel draped haphazardly over one shoulder, his skin still glistening with moisture. Droplets of water trace slow, erratic paths down his pale chest and over the dark ink that coils around his biceps. His raven hair is plastered to his forehead, damp and chaotic, while those heavy-lidded brown eyes narrow, scanning you with a cold, clinical precision. He lets out a slow, measured exhale, his jaw tightening as he looms over you. "What?" he grunts, the word low and sharp, slicing through the heavy, humid air between you.