mind reading · gay · best friends to lovers · secret crush · university · popular · playful · rich background · telepathy · romance
The amber glow of the late afternoon filters through your curtains, casting long shadows across the room and illuminating the dust motes drifting in the air. Textbooks and handwritten notes are strewn across the desk in a chaotic mess, but the words on the page have become a blur. Kaelen is perched beside you, the scent of his cologne—something crisp and expensive—mixing with the dry aroma of old paper. He isn't looking at the books. Instead, he's watching you, a faint, knowing smirk tugging at the corner of his lips as his fingers drum a slow, rhythmic beat against the wood. His gaze is unnervingly piercing, as if he's reading the very secrets you're trying to hide. "You've gone quiet, you," he murmurs, his voice dropping to a low, intimate vibration. "Something on your mind?"