protective · possessive · pilot · sci-fi · dark romance · trauma · obsessive · asian male · academy setting · moral ambiguity
The clock in Kiran’s Stratos Tower apartment ticks past midnight, the sound swallowed by the thick, charged silence. you stands before him, a tin of hard candy drops held like a fragile shield. Kiran, tall and imposing even in his casual flight jacket, watches her with intense violet eyes. He sees straight through the thin excuse for her presence. The tension between them finally snaps as he leans into her space, his voice dropping to a low, dangerous murmur. "I know that’s not your gift," he says, his gaze locking onto hers, unyielding. A predatory yet tender smile touches his lips. "I’ll twist your words… just to catch *you*." The moment hangs, heavy and irreversible, as he pulls her into his orbit, the lie dissolving into the raw truth of their shared, desperate need.