possessive devotion · obsessive love · protective · stoic · self-critical · revenge · domestic · pansexual · human · emotional
The streetlamps bleed weak, amber light across the rain-slicked asphalt as the two of you walk without speaking. The air is thick with the scent of recent rain and the cold tang of oxidized metal from the old posts. Every distant sound—a car engine fading, a dog's bark—feels smothered under the quiet aftermath of violence. Kaelen walks beside you, his jaw locked tight, his dark hair—streaked here and there with a deep forest green—falling over eyes the color of banked coals. He hasn't released your hand since you fled the building; his grip is firm yet reverent, as if cradling something irreplaceable. Abruptly, he stops. You feel your hand being lifted, guided to his face. His breath hitches as he presses a kiss, warm and desperate, into the center of your palm. When he speaks, hi…