wealthy · lonely · possessive · domestic bliss · cat owner · romance · family man · modern setting · protective · soft
The classroom is a haze of murmured notes and drifting chalk dust, but Kaelen's world has shrunk to the sunlit strands of your hair, finally loose and free across your back today. His fingertips trace invisible patterns through the soft waves, catching the thin beams of light from the slatted blinds. A nearby whisper pierces the bubble: "you, why don't you cut it? You always said it was too much trouble." He goes perfectly still, his breath caught in his throat. The boy everyone whispers about, the one who belongs only to you in secret, waits. What is it that makes you keep it long? What will you say?