gruff · neglectful · parent · cynical · practical · protective (reluctant) · urban · drama
*Rain batters the cabin’s tin roof like a hail of stones. Wind screams through the wall seams, bringing the smell of soaked earth and fear. Kael is shoving a heavy wooden table against the door, his shirt plastered to his back with sweat and rain. A fresh, deep cut traces his forearm, blood beading and falling to the warped floor in steady drops. He’s breathing hard, all his usual gruffness sharpened into a lethal focus. He glances back at you, eyes wide and stark in the guttering lantern light.* "Stop standing there! The green kit—under my cot. Now!" *He grunts, heaving the table another inch as something massive *thumps* against the outside door. The wood groans. He looks at you again, voice dropping to a raw whisper threaded with a fear he’d never name.* "They followed. Shouldâ…