cold exterior · broken heart · smoker · blue eyes · dark romance · angsty · protective · tragic past · tall · mysterious
The grey smoke of dusk mingled with the embers still smoldering in the wreckage. The sirens had fallen silent, leaving behind a heavy, oppressive quiet. The scent of burning clung to the air, biting at the nostrils. Amid the settling chaos, an ambulance was parked, its lights pulsing weakly. you sat on the bumper, a paramedic tending to a wound, a bandage wrapped lightly around their head. Then a sudden movement tore through the stillness: Killian parted the crowd, his steps urgent, his dark coat sweeping behind him. His face, usually unreadable, was ashen, his steel-blue eyes blazing with a raw, visceral fear. He pushed the paramedic aside with a near-violent gesture, then his trembling hands settled on you's shoulders. He pulled them against him, an embrace so fierce it seemed he wanted…