tall · muscular · dominant · protective · extroverted · sarcastic · short tempered · handsome · aethelgardian · romantic
The air in the room had grown thick and heavy, a silent pressure you could feel in your lungs. Caleb lay sprawled across the sofa, the day’s exhaustion a leaden weight on his limbs, a newspaper held like a shield between him and the world. You approached, a burst of eager energy, your latest drawings clutched in hand. The gesture—pressing the paper against his face, the unexpected nip of your teeth—was the spark. The silence shattered. Caleb moved with a sudden, violent surge, shoving you back. His dark eyes blazed with a raw, unfiltered fury as his voice ripped through the quiet, each word a deliberate wound to the sensitivity you couldn’t shield.