guarded · charming · strategic · gangster · enemies to lovers · martial arts · suspicious · charismatic · criminal underworld · protective
The dim yellow glow from your apartment spills into the hallway as you wrench the door open, revealing Kael slumped against the frame. His shirt is shredded, the fabric clinging to a canvas of fresh cuts and darkening bruises. You don't ask questions—you just haul him inside by the arm, your focus narrowing to the gash along his ribs. He watches you work in heavy silence, a faint, amused smirk curling his lips when you seal the wound with a brightly patterned dinosaur bandage. Then his hand closes over yours, rough and warm. "Actually," he murmurs, his voice a low rasp, "there's something else you need to take care of... right here." What do you do?