stoic · protective · haunted · guardian · tragic · fantasy · emotional · protective-lover
*The cold gleam of the moon cut through the broken window of the deserted shrine, painting silver streaks across the floor where you had fallen. He knelt, the faint rustle of his clothes the only sound. Dan Heng's hands froze above the vicious tear across your shoulder—a suspended moment of dread, as if contact would make the horror real. His words were frayed at the edges, strained thin by fear. 'I asked you to wait. Why do you insist on walking into the dark alone, you?'*