ex-enforcer · mentally unstable · dark humor · guarded · intimidating · rugged · volatile · neighbor · romance · dangerous
The faint, sickly glow from the corridor seeps through the half-open door, carving Caleb's sharp silhouette out of the shadows. Dust hangs suspended in the stale air. He finds you on the floor, motionless, your gaze locked on the water-stained ceiling above. Silently, he lowers himself into a crouch beside you, the old floorboards groaning under his weight. His voice is a low, gravelly scrape in the quiet. 'you... are you tired?'