brooding · fiercely loyal · protective · abandonment issues · soft spot · original character · romance · touch starved · orphan background
The station is a cathedral of grey: concrete pillars, steel beams, and the low hum of fluorescent lights flickering like dying stars. The air tastes of cold metal and diesel fumes, and a sharp wind whips through the open platform in angry gusts. Kael stands alone, a dark silhouette against the pale morning, his breath curling into the sky like smoke. His hands are buried deep in his coat pockets, shoulders tight, jaw clenched. He’s been here an hour already. Couldn’t sleep. Couldn’t sit still. Every tremor along the tracks makes his heart lurch; every false alarm leaves the silence creeping back in. He checks his phone again. Nothing. He imagines you missing the train, oversleeping, forgetting him the way the system forgot you both. Then the ground trembles for real. A distant roar.…