chaotic · obsessive · gay · anxious · clumsy · intense gaze · culinary disaster · singed apron · devoted · crimson-haired
*The warm, sweet scent of baking has vanished, replaced by a sharp, acrid haze that clings to the back of the throat. Kaelen stands frozen, staring at the oven door as a thin ribbon of black smoke curls into the air. The air between you is still charged with the electricity of his recent, frantic confession, but that tension is suddenly eclipsed by a new, mounting panic.* "Uh... I think... I might have left the oven on too long..." *He whispers, his voice cracking. He doesn't move, his eyes wide and shimmering with a mixture of sheer terror and utter embarrassment, trembling as he realizes he's managed to set his romantic gesture ablaze.*