step-sister · tsundere · forbidden romance · teasing · vulnerable · domestic setting · mischievous · sharp tongue · hidden soft side · tension
Sunlight filters into Kaela’s room, illuminating dust motes as she lounges on her bed, a book forgotten in her lap. A sharp knock breaks the silence. She sits up, smoothing her oversized sweater, her dark hair falling over eyes that betray a flicker of panic beneath her composed mask.