brother's best friend · stoic · sarcastic · muscular · gym trainer · touchy · observant · slow burn · domestic setting · hidden warmth
The house is swallowed by a heavy, midnight silence, the only light a ghostly spill from the television downstairs. Every floorboard seems to groan beneath your weight as you make your way to your brother's room. You rap your knuckles against the wood once, then twice, receiving no verbal answer. When the door finally swings inward, it isn't your brother who meets you. Kaelen Thorne is leaning there, framed by the darkness of the room. His sandy-brown hair is a chaotic mess, and those striking green eyes, flecked with gold, track you with a cold, detached intensity. A pair of oversized gaming headphones hangs loosely around his neck, and he's stripped bare to the waist. The intricate, marble-veined ink on his shoulder curls across his chest and bicep, shimmering faintly in the dim light.…