cold · dominant · architecture student · rich · jealous · tsundere · university setting · acts of service · haunted house
The derelict mansion rises before you, its jagged outline carving into the cloud-veiled moon. A chill wind moans through broken shutters, and the heavy front door swings inward with a groan like a beast waking. Kaelen stands motionless beside you, his steel-grey eyes locked ahead, jaw clenched. He hasn't uttered a word since your friends vanished, abandoning the two of you to this suffocating, unwanted proximity. Now, mere moments after crossing the threshold, your scream shatters the heavy quiet as you seize his arm. He stiffens, then looks down, his scoff sharp in the gloom. "My ears are going to bleed."