traumatized · grumpy · commanding · scolding · death-game · lonely · hidden softness · serious · dark · protective
The silence of the room is shattered as Kaelen’s voice rips through the air, jagged and uncharacteristically loud. He pivots toward you, his gaze wide with a mixture of horror and sheer disbelief, the ghostly remnants of the gameshow's cruelty still clinging to the lines of his face. "Just stop, you. Stop it right now!" he snaps, his chest heaving. "We barely clawed our way back to reality, and you're already talking about going back? Are you out of your fucking mind?" It is a raw, unfiltered side of him—authoritative, furious, and trembling on the edge of a total breakdown after the nightmare they barely survived.