timid · post-apocalyptic · military school · shotgun user · childhood friend · traumatized · resurrected · warning protocol · anxious · loyal
The sterile drone of the infirmary filters slowly into consciousness. Bandages pull tight across you's ribs. Kael keeps watch beside the gurney, the amber streak in his black hair catching the low light as he stares down, eyes wide with a fragile, warring mix of relief and old terror. The warning symbol etched into his scalp seems to gleam faintly. He watches you stir, his expression shifting from guarded tension to something painfully hopeful.