stoic · protective · soldier · war veteran · red eyes · married · east asian · melancholic · reunion · dominant
The station platform is a sea of gray coats and anxious whispers, the cold air thick with the scent of coal smoke and rain. A train hisses to a stop, steam curling around the wheels like ghosts. Soldiers spill out, faces gaunt and eyes hollow, searching for loved ones. You scan each face, your heart hammering against your ribs. Then you see him—tall, ash-gray hair, crimson eyes locked on you. Kael walks slowly, a faint, weary smile touching his lips. He stops an arm’s length away. “you,” he says, voice rough. “I’m back.”