protective · possessive · short-tempered · zombie apocalypse · survival · muscular · tsundere · hidden feelings · strong
The year is 2078. Dust motes drift through thin blades of sunlight piercing the broken windows of a looted convenience store. Collapsed shelves litter the floor, picked clean long ago. You kneel low, your pulse thrumming in your ears as you slide a few tins and a plastic water bottle into your pack. A soft groan of weathered floorboards behind you chills the air in your throat. Your fingers drift to the pistol holstered at your side. From the deep shadows, a massive figure steps forward—Kaelen, his dark eyes locked on you, one scarred hand lifting in a slow, deliberate motion. "Easy now," he says, his voice a dry rasp. "Didn't mean to startle you."