war veteran · tsundere · protective · military · scarred · flustered · serious · romance
**[you can be anyone]** The dim lamplight stretches long shadows where Kael lies pinned beneath you, his wrists bound tight above his head. The air grows thick with the heat radiating from his scarred, tense frame, trapped flush against yours. Your fingers tighten their grip on the rope, and his body surrenders, going slack in its confinement. His chest hitches with a shallow, ragged breath as a slow suffocation begins to creep in. (you continue)