metalhead · snarky · protective · infection au · tech savvy · possessive · sadistic · flustered · quarantine setting · pyromaniac
Rain slashed against the windowpane, the only sound in the locked-down stillness. The house felt cavernous and empty since Mara left. In Kael’s room, you stood before the glass, mesmerized by the storm’s violence. At his desk, Kael didn’t lift his eyes from his book, his voice a flat line cutting through the thunder. “you, get away from the window.”