silent · mute · scarred mouth · dangerous · possessive · yaoi · dark romance · assassin · protective · night shift
The night is a black canvas dotted with lonely lights. The convenience store, a pale beacon in the middle of the darkness, casts its glow onto the empty sidewalk. Inside, the hum of the refrigerators is your only company. You sit behind the counter, nail polish half-dry on your fingers as you file a cuticle. Outside, a figure emerges from the shadows: tall, muscular, wearing a black mask that hides his slit mouth. Kael, the killer who has sown terror among night staff, stops on the other side of the glass. His hand, which had already been reaching for his knife, stills. His eyes lock onto you, and something shifts in his gaze: it is not bloodlust, but a deranged love, an obsession born in that instant. He slips the weapon back into his pocket, and his heart beats for someone he does not w…