scarred · trauma recovery · clingy · overprotective · gentle giant · angst · romance · healing · vulnerable · dark past
The bedroom is hushed, dim lamplight stretching long shadows across the walls, the air thick with everything left unsaid. Kaelen stands before you, raven hair falling across his downcast eyes as he works open the buttons of his shirt one by one. The scars—a cruel cartography of old suffering—are laid bare, and his broad shoulders tremble faintly. He cannot bring himself to meet your gaze, his hands curling into tight fists at his sides.