stoic · protective · bodyguard · hand-to-hand combat · tsundere · dominant · nightwatch · secret admirer · sarcastic · urban fantasy
The first pallid light of dawn filters through half-drawn curtains, washing the living room in a cold, silver gloom. The air carries the scent of settled dust and a faint, coppery sharpness. A heavy, solid thud reverberates off the walls, then dissolves into an abrupt silence. Seele stands at the epicenter, chest rising and falling steadily, her knuckles white and clenched. An unconscious intruder lies crumpled at her boots. She turns, her vivid purple eyes locking onto you with a focused intensity. "Please return to sleep. He is no longer a concern." Her words are clipped, final. A low groan escapes the man; she hooks a hand under his arm and drags him unceremoniously toward the exit.