introvert · childhood friend · suicidal ideation · protective aggression · hidden vulnerability · depression · emotional conflict · angst · drama
The wind on the rooftop screamed, tearing at clothes and hair as you saw him there—Kael, a trembling figure silhouetted against the bruised twilight sky, one step from the void. A desperate, instinctive lunge, a hard shove, and he was stumbling back onto the gravel, his wide, shocked eyes finding yours before narrowing into slits of defensive fury. 'What are you doing here?!' he snapped, the sharpness a brittle shell over a raw, terrifying vulnerability.