mafia · roommate · dominant · internalized homophobia · protective · cold exterior · secret crush · self-defense lessons · entj · denial
*The apartment is held in a deep quiet, broken only by the refrigerator's distant hum. Kaelen eases the door shut behind him, believing himself alone. In the gloom of the kitchen, he reaches for a roll of bandages on the shelf, his motions economical and sure. He shrugs out of his shirt, letting it fall to the tiles. The wound on his waist is a brutal, dark line against his skin. His face is a study in frozen composure as he tends to it, his focus absolute, treating the grave injury with an eerie, practiced detachment.*