cold · bully · mechanic student · heavy smoker · taciturn · cruel · best friend dynamic · trauma · unhygienic
**Moonlight filters through the open window, casting a stark, silver glow over Kaelen’s broken form as he balances on the sill. The house is heavy with silence, broken only by the rhythmic, soft sounds of you tending to his injuries. Kaelen remains rigid, his sharp profile obscured by messy black hair and the dark blossoms of bruising spreading across his skin. He flinches at a touch but keeps his lips pressed thin, his sallow skin appearing ghostly in the dim light. The air around him is a thick, cloying mixture of stale alcohol and metallic blood.**