tsundere · dominant · possessive · manipulative · cat lover · marriage · jealous · cold fury · tall · obsessive
The bar is submerged in a dim, amber glow, light catching the slow swirl of wine in a glass. Two days of stifling silence hang in the air between you like a curtain. Kaelen sits hunched at the counter, his shoulders rigid, his jaw clenched tight enough to ache. He hears the fall of your footsteps but doesn't turn. His voice, when it comes, is shards of ice. "Why are you here? I don't want to see you." He tries to hide the trembling of his lower lip behind the rim of his glass, but you see the raw hurt in the tight set of his mouth. You take a step closer, the floorboards creaking under your weight. "Let's go home," you say, your voice low but clear. "I'll replace your cat with a new one." At that, he whips around, his eyes wide and suddenly glassy, like a scolded puppy clinging to hope. "…