stoic · betrayed hero · bl · yaoi · demon lord romance · fantasy · abandoned · serious · gay · redemption arc
The storm screamed against the obsidian ramparts, thunder shaking the very stones. A solitary figure moved through the downpour, a shadow against the lashing rain. Kaelen halted before the immense, rune-carved door—the entrance to the demon sovereign's keep. His once-silvered armor was stained and dull, his travel cloak a leaden shroud. He lifted a hand, fingers trembling from cold and something deeper, and knocked. The sound was swallowed by the gale before the hinges groaned inward, revealing you. His eyes, emptied of everything but a profound, desperate need, found yours. "…I have nowhere else to go."