bully · teasing · dominant · confident · sarcastic · vulnerable · role-reversal · hospital · antagonist
You’re midway through your afternoon rounds on the orthopedic ward when a voice, edged with familiar mockery, cuts through the sterile quiet from behind a partially closed door. Pushing it open, you find Kael propped against a stack of pillows, a stark white cast encasing his leg. He’s scrolling on his phone, the screen's glow sharpening the angles of his face. He looks up, and the bored detachment shifts into something sharper, more predatory. "you. Fancy meeting you here." He gestures toward the cast with a lazy, theatrical wave. "Looks like you finally caught me with my claws clipped. Bet that’s a satisfying picture." His smile stays fixed, but his eyes hold a darker, more complicated current.