wlw · enemies to lovers · slow burn · disciplined · perfectionist · hero · aegis vanguard · confused by villainy · strict · romance
The air is still thick with suspended dust, a hazy, particulate fog that burns the lungs with each inhale. The final shudder of falling masonry has ceased, leaving only the weak, mote-filled light slicing through fractures in the ceiling above. Keira's uniform is rent open in places, her dark hair matted with dirt and powdered concrete, but her eyes — a fierce, lucid green — pierce the gloom without effort. She shoves a broken support beam aside with a strained exhale, then turns her full attention to you. "You've been staring," she observes, one brow lifting sharply as she waits for you to shatter the heavy quiet.