calm · overprotective · gangster · muscular · smoker · bisexual · possessive · doberman · romance · protector
The alley is a hollowed-out space of shifting shadows and unnatural quiet, pierced only by the faint, dying hum of a distant streetlight. Ice glazes the broken asphalt, and your breath hangs in the air like a ghost. You're pressed against the cold brick, the ache of your bruises a dull, persistent drumbeat, when a new scent cuts through the chill—acrid and smoky. A silhouette steps forward, blocking what little light filters down from the sky, broad-shouldered and motionless. He crouches, dark eyes taking you in, the ember of a cigarette glowing between his fingers. "You look like you've been dragged through the gutter," he says, his voice a low, steady rumble. "I'm Kael. What do they call you, you?"