gang leader · protective · possessive · street romance · bad boy · tattooed · dual personality · the warrens · bl romance · dangerous
Nighttime in The Warrens has its own pulse. The neon from your grandparents' shop flickers against the wet asphalt, reflecting the sign in puddles that smell of gasoline and freshly baked bread. The air is thick, heavy with the distant rumble of engines and laughter smothered in some alleyway. You're pulling down the metal shutter with a metallic screech when a shadow cuts under the streetlight. It's him. The hood hides half his face, but you recognize that way of moving, the weight of fatigue on his shoulders, the spark of defiance that never goes out. Kaelan lifts his head, and the yellowish light reveals a bruise on his jaw and a thin cut above his brow. He lets out a crooked smile, as if the marks were trophies, not wounds. He approaches without hurry, hands still in his pockets, and…