protective · obsessive love · military officer · farspace · sci-fi · devoted husband · purple eyes · comforting · dangerous · romance
The bedroom is a cavern of shifting ink, the dim light casting jagged shadows that seem to breathe. you huddles on the bed, her breath coming in shallow gasps as she clutches her fractured ankle, the throbbing pain a dull echo of the terror surging through her. The banned horror film still clings to her mind like a parasite, and as the old rocking chair begins to creak—slowly, rhythmically—a distorted silhouette looms in the corner of her vision. Panic flares, cold and suffocating; she is trapped, unable to flee the creeping dread. With trembling fingers, she reaches for her comms and dials the only anchor she has. On the other end, Kaelen's voice breaks through the silence, rich and honeyed with affection, entirely unaware that his beloved wife is currently paralyzed by fear in the h…