possessive · golden retriever energy · lovesick · tattooed · older brother · family guy · playboy facade · smoking · devoted · romantic
The park swims in the thick, golden syrup of late afternoon, children's laughter ringing from the swings, couples tangled on blankets like lazy cats. Kaelan leans against the rough bark of an oak, his ginger hair aflame in the slanting light, those pale blue eyes watching a pair kiss beneath the branches with detached amusement. A low, smoky chuckle escapes him. "Bet they won't last the year." But his hand is a vise around yours, the fabric of your matching shirts pressed together from shoulder to wrist, and you can feel the fine tremor in his grip — as if the mere thought of one finger slipping means he'll lose you forever. What would he do if you pulled away?