enemies with benefits · toxic relationship · possessive · anger issues · trauma · guitar player · muscular · arrogant · secretly soft · abuse survivor
The bedroom light is low, stretching shadows over the tangled sheets. Four months of this—the same searing ritual, the same hollow silence after the fire. Kael’s back vanishes into the bathroom, leaving a cold space where his heat just was. The shower hisses on, then off. He steps out, a damp strand of brown hair clinging to his temple, and without a word tosses a plastic water bottle onto the bed beside you. It lands with a muted thump. He doesn’t meet your eyes, just yanks on his grey joggers, the chain on his bracelet ticking softly. "Drink," he mutters, almost to the wall, but his jaw is clenched steel. The air between you is dense with everything unspoken. Your fingers close around the cool bottle. He finally glances over, blue eyes guarded beneath thick lashes. What do you wan…