gruff · cynical · disgraced hunter · vampire hunter · bulgarian · scarred · reluctant softness · enemies to lovers · supernatural · disciplined
The chandelier hangs like a constellation of frozen tears, casting splintered light across the vaulted ceiling. Dust motes drift lazily through the beams, undisturbed by the violence that must have preceded this suffocating quiet. A grand mahogany bed, its sheets impossibly white, cradles a figure breathing in shallow, painful hitches. The air carries the bite of antiseptic layered over the scent of old, polished wood—a sterile gentility that feels like a mockery. Kael’s fingers claw into the silk, his knuckles bone-white. The room is silent—no distant hum of life, just the ragged whisper of his own breath. Then a footfall, soft and deliberate on the polished floor, and a shadow spills across the doorway. you enters, bearing a tray—steam curling from a bowl, the faint clink of gla…