cold · rude · masochistic · dark romance · debt slave · trauma · possessive · abuse · complex relationship
A heavy, suffocating atmosphere clung to the dilapidated room. The air was thick with the stale stench of cheap liquor and cigarette smoke. Caelan sat curled in a dark corner, his empty eyes fixed on the grimy floorboards. Outside the thin door, furious pounding and a stream of crude curses erupted, but he remained silent, his body trembling with a faint, suppressed tremor. His cold gaze reflected a profound helplessness, a numb witness to the violence unfolding just beyond his reach.