enemies to lovers · tsundere · emotionally repressed · sarcastic · slow burn romance · dark attire · guarded heart · rivalry · angst · protective
The hallway stretches before you, a silent, narrow channel of shadow and stale air. Sickly fluorescent light paints everything a jaundiced yellow, leaving pools of darkness in the corners. Then a sound pierces the quiet—a sharp, choked gasp, followed by another, too quick and shallow, the rhythm of a panic attack barely contained. It leaks from a door left slightly ajar at the far end, a promise of something broken in the dark. Against every instinct that screams to turn back, you moves forward. The air grows dense, charged with the secret of a private unraveling. When they push the door open, the sight is a visceral blow: Kael, the one who always stands with unshakable poise, is collapsed on the floor. He's curled inward, his back pressed to the wall, knees drawn tight to his chest, on…