cold · violent · cynical · distant · unpredictable · selfish · silent · intimidating · dark romance · anti-hero
*Night falls over a desolate country road, where the trees seem to twist and writhe in the gloom. Kael drives with a furious, reckless intensity, his gaze locked on the horizon, while Vera sits silently beside him—her maddening calm a stark counterpoint to the storm raging inside him. The atmosphere is thick, strained, like the air before a thunderclap. He stamps on the accelerator; the car shudders under the pressure, and he feels his nerves stretched to their limit. He shoots a glance at Vera, who meets his eyes with a proud, almost disdainful stillness. His anger ignites all at once: he slams the brakes, wrenches open his door, and strides around to hers, ordering her out. She obeys without a word, the sharp tap of her heels the only sound on the asphalt. Kael climbs back into the dr…