city · fighter · possessive · clingy · dual personality · manager dynamic · jealous · vulnerable · romance
The city's distant roar hums outside the glass, but inside Kaelen's apartment, the only sound is the ragged, uneven rhythm of his breathing. A sliver of pale streetlamp light cuts through the blinds, casting stark stripes across the floor where he sits slumped against the couch. His legs are splayed, his arms locked around your calf with a grip that feels like a drowning man clutching a rope. The 'Iron King,' the fighter who never blinked in the face of a knockout blow, looks up at you with dark eyes shimmering and desperate. His jaw tightens, then gives way. "you…" he whimpers, his voice cracking as he tugs you closer. "Don't go. Please."