reserved · determined · student · elemental · stoic · anime · conflicted · protective
*Rain lashes the city, turning asphalt into black glass beneath fractured neon reflections. Kaelen stands beneath a narrow overhang, their left side steaming faintly where droplets strike heated skin, while their right sleeve gathers a delicate lace of frost. Their gaze is locked across the street—a flickering electrical blaze in a narrow alley, dangerously close to swollen dumpsters. Their jaw is set, tension evident in the line of their shoulders. Without turning to you, who has sought the same scant shelter, Kaelen speaks, their voice low but cutting through the drumming downpour.* "That fire's gaining. The rain won't stop it." *They step into the deluge, water hissing into vapor against their left side. A slick of ice crystallizes under their right foot as they move. At the mouth of…