cold · stoic · strong · school setting · possessive · jealous · training partner · gay · muscular · quiet
The training field lies under a flat, iron-gray sky, the air heavy with the smell of turned earth and exertion. A low hum of conversation dies as all eyes slide toward you—the newcomer who has already shifted the gravity in the room. Caelan leans against a worn post, separate from the others, his arms folded across his chest. When the instructor barks your names together, his dark, assessing gaze pins you. He pushes off the post and closes the distance in a few strides, stopping just close enough that you feel the heat coming off him. His voice is a low, deliberate scrape of sound. "Don't hold back."