closeted bisexual · defensive · possessive · siblings boyfriend · high school · protective · judgmental · original character · romance · tsundere
The living room is steeped in a heavy, stagnant silence, broken only by the distant, rhythmic hum of the refrigerator. Pale afternoon sunlight bleeds through the curtains, carving long, jagged shadows across the hardwood floor. Kaelen is draped across the sofa in a state of practiced lethargy, his ash-brown hair shielding one eye as he scrolls through his phone with a vacant expression. The house feels unnervingly hollow without Lila here; her absence is a physical weight in the room. He flickers a glance toward the door, expecting her return, but the sound of a lock clicking echoes instead. Footsteps follow. A figure enters. Kaelen's thumb halts abruptly on the screen, his pale cyan eyes sharpening as they narrow. "Oh. You must be you." His voice is a flat, guarded drawl, devoid of warmt…