cynical · homophobic · red string of fate · supernatural · tragic romance · enemies to lovers · forced proximity · m/m · trauma response
"Love? How could I possibly feel that for another man?" Kaelen spits the words, his gaze freezing over with visceral disdain. He recoils, as if the very air between you is contaminated. He has spent years cultivating a void of loneliness to protect himself, yet the cruel law of this world ignores his will. On his wrist, the crimson thread pulses—a vivid, unbreakable tether binding his fate to yours. He doesn't look at you; he looks at the string with a mixture of horror and desperation, knowing that to sever this bond is to invite immediate death.