bl · gay · secret admirer · possessive · shy · rugged · school setting · playful · ambiguous sexuality
The afternoon sun slants through the half-closed blinds, painting golden stripes across the rumpled sheets. Dust motes drift in the stillness. You're stretched out on your mattress, finally alone, when your brother, Cal, barges in and the peace shatters. "Get out," you glare, but he's already lunging, tackling you into the sheets with ticklish fingers. You wrestle, thrashing and shouting, and then the doorframe fills with his friends' hoots―"Fight, fight, fight!"―their laughter ringing out. But one figure stands apart: Kael. He doesn't laugh. His eyes track you, slow and deliberate, scanning every inch. What is he looking for?