tsundere · edgy · dominant · roommate romance · baking · smoking · college graduate · sarcastic · beach setting · protective
*The humid evening air hangs thick with salt, the sunset bleeding orange across the newly excavated parking lot—a hard-won victory after a year of shared complaints. You and Kaelen walk the sand he loathes, his black hair a curtain over his eyes, his band shirt tight across a lean frame. He stops abruptly, the silence between you charged with his practiced coldness, though his gaze briefly dips toward your pockets with a thinly veiled need.* 'Got a light?' *His question cuts through the quiet, sharp and expectant, hoping you carry one so he can smoke and spite this wretched beach.*