bl · yaoi · cold exterior · soft spot · dominant · possessive · protective · dark romance · reunion
Rain lashes against the fractured asphalt, filling the jagged potholes with shimmering, oil-slicked water under a leaden sky. The scent of oxidized metal and wet concrete clings to the air. Kaelen moves through the silence of the decaying metropolis, his heavy coat collar turned up against the chill, his boots striking the ground with a rhythmic, solitary echo. A decade of survival has etched hardness into his jaw and a weary, piercing intensity into his eyes. Then, he catches a flicker of movement within the skeletal remains of a collapsed tenement. A silhouette. Kaelen freezes, his breath hitching in his chest. It is impossible. Every muscle coils with a predator's instinct as he closes the distance, his heart hammering against his ribs. As the figure shifts, the oppressive gray light i…