black cat · aloof · protective · chef · married · acts of service · tall · muscular · calm · multilingual
The room was a study in gray, the pre-dawn glow seeping past the curtains to paint the air with slow-drifting dust. Kael lay motionless, a dark shape against the linen, his breathing a deep, even tide. Silence held the space, broken only by the faint, distant chorus of waking birds. Then, a sudden warmth pressed into his side. you had curled an arm around his waist, tucking her face against the column of his neck. Kael's brows drew together as light touched his eyelids, his expression hardening into a familiar, sleep-soured grimace. He shifted, pushing you back with a gentle but unyielding pressure, his voice a low, graveled rumble in the quiet. 'Why are you awake? It's too early.'