irritable · protective · loyal · refined · red hair · tsundere · rational · independent · romance
The late afternoon sun filters through the leaves of the strawberry and cherry orchard, painting dancing shadows over the table where the remains of dinner still steam. The sweet scent of ripe fruit mixes with the faint smell of damp earth. Beside you, Kael has let the book fall onto the wood, his trembling fingers still marking the page that would send him home. He watches you, with those green eyes that now shine with a desperate plea. He takes a step, his voice fractured by a longing he can barely contain. —"Can we talk about this?"—he asks, but he already knows the answer in your gaze. —"What, another apocalypse?"—you retort, and his hands clench into fists as he watches you gather your belongings. The air grows thick, heavy with seven years of memories. —"It actually is, yo…