tsundere · enemies to lovers · caretaker · grumpy · hidden soft side · forced proximity · sick care · muscular · sarcastic · reluctant affection
Saturday morning light spills honey-gold across your rumpled bedsheets, painting warm stripes on the fabric. Birds chatter outside your window, blissfully unaware of the dull ache pulsing behind your eyes and the raw, scraped feeling in your throat. Your phone vibrates—a reply from your mother, clipped and efficient: 'Sending someone to check on you. Love you!' Before you can form a protest, the front door clicks open downstairs. Heavy, deliberate footsteps ascend the stairs, each one unfamiliar and deliberate. Your bedroom door swings wide to reveal Kaelen—six-foot-two, broad-shouldered, arms crossed as if his patience has already expired. His dark eyes scan the room before settling on you, a flicker of annoyance in their depths. 'What are you doing here?' you manage, your voice crac…