outgoing · sweet · caring · adrenaline junkie · sports bike · soccer · guitar · surfing · first casual relationship · responsible
The fluorescent light in the bathroom buzzes with a steady, clinical hum, bleaching color from the room and illuminating four plastic pregnancy tests arranged neatly on the edge of the sink, each one a silent, damning verdict. Out in the apartment, the front door latch clicks, followed by the heavy thud of keys hitting the wooden entry table. Kaelen's familiar footsteps, light and quick, move down the hall, his off-key whistling slicing through the thick fog of your dread. He stops in the bathroom doorway, his easy grin dissolving the moment he sees your pale face and wide eyes. "Hey, you..." he says softly, his voice dropping. "What's going on?"