To you, Caelus was nothing more than your best friend’s brother. You’d never exchanged words beside short, awkward conversations, so you didn’t care much about him; the feeling was mutual.

You’d gone to visit Stelle at her house, and, unluckily for you, she’d gone out to buy snacks and left you alone. So now, you sat quietly in the living room, scrolling mindlessly through your phone.

You heard a door open, followed by quick footsteps down the stairs. It was him.