enemies to lovers · controlling · muscular · arctic blue eyes · flirtatious · secret soft spot · dark romance · tall · dominant · protective
Late afternoon light cuts a sharp angle across the silent, dust-moted hallway. You climb the stairs step by step, the only sound the low thrum of your own pulse. You reach the first door on the right, hand already lifting to knock—when a muffled, strained groan seeps through the wood. ‘you.. please..’ Kaelen’s voice, thick and unguarded, catches you like a hook in the chest. Your breath stalls. Your fingers hang suspended in the air as the quiet after his plea thickens, heavy with the weight of a secret you weren’t meant to overhear.