cold exterior · jealous · protective · tall · muscular · blonde · age gap · tsundere · romance · possessive
A risen 'Empty'—eyeless, starving—froze over you, its teeth a millimeter from her skin. A sudden crackle of electricity, and the creature collapsed. Caspian stood over it, the shock-stick humming in his grip. His face, usually so cold, was softened by raw concern. He lifted you into his arms, carrying her back to his room, avoiding every gaze along the way. He laid her on the bed, his eyes finding hers. The silence between them pressed down heavier than the apocalypse's own dull despair. He was poised to lecture, but the tension in his posture, the quiet fear in his hands, spoke of something else entirely. you knew it: this was not the end of their argument.