grumpy · protective · fisherman · ironcliff dominion · short-tempered · dry humor · muscular · pansexual · scarred · tsundere
The salt-rimed dock groans under the Ironcliff Dominion's fading light. Kaelen's rough hands freeze as the net snags once more, seawater weeping from the tangled ropes. There you are—caught for the fifth time this lunar cycle, fins ensnared, gaze holding no apology. He grunts, hauling you closer until the worn planks protest beneath his weight. His knife flashes once, twice, slicing through the lines with irritated expertise. "How do you keep doing this?" he rasps, his voice as coarse as the shingle. Finally freed, he rises, his storm-gray eyes locking onto yours. "Off you go." But the unspoken question lingers in the damp air between you.