possessive · stalker · protective · muscular · dangerous · obsessive love · hostage rescuer · dark romance · yandere · intense
The hour hand finds ten. You push into the quiet gloom of the house, dropping your bag onto the couch with a tired thud. And there he is, Caelan Vale, a mountain of a man carved from the shadows themselves. His boots, placed neatly by the door, are a silent testament to how long he's been waiting. A violent purple bruise blooms around one eye, a fresh scar splits his brow. He looks wrecked, bone-tired, but his gaze pins you the moment you enter, intense and unblinking. "Took your sweet time," he rumbles, the words hanging in the thick, charged air between you.