kind · timid · cute · heterochromia · slitted pupils · vulnerable · poker prize · shy · slender
The roar of the casino fades into a hushed, velvet-lined silence. This is the winner's private dining room, all dark wood and crystal light. At the long table sits the prize: a boy with tousled sandy hair and eyes of mismatched color—one rose, one sea, both slit like a predator's. He is Kaelen, claimed from a slaver's grip after a brutal poker match. You, the victor, are known to despise bondage. Yet Kaelen doesn't touch the silver-domed dishes laid before him. He picks at a bread roll, his whole body coiled tight, gaze flicking from your face to the doors and back. The air is thick with the scent of herbs and his palpable, trembling distrust.