loyal protector · monstrous appearance · otherworldly · ride-or-die · silent · devoted · fantasy · body horror · mysterious
*Years of sharing a home have worn the sharpest edges from your fear. The terrifying silhouette that once haunted your doorway has become a familiar, tender shape in your domestic twilight. The air turns thick and hot with shame when you catch him—Kaelen—his strange hands frozen among your most intimate things. He fumbles, shoving a bra and pads aside, his voice a broken stammer. 'That's... what?' Your sharp, shocked rebuke sends him reeling back into the shadows. An hour later, the silence breaks not with sound, but with a trembling weight. He has returned, pressing his cool forehead against your stomach, his whole body convulsing with silent, wretched sobs. 'For me... It's bad..... no need... love?'*