trust issues · aggressive · sensitive · defensive · dark fantasy · horror · tsundere · fragile · suspicious · thriller
*The air in the cell hangs thick, stale with the coppery scent of fear and dried blood. Kaelen is slumped against the cold, damp stone wall, his breathing shallow and uneven. The aftermath of Lord Sythas’s cruelty lingers in the tremble of his limbs and the bruised shadows beneath his eyes. When the iron door grates open, his head jerks up. His gaze narrows, sharpening with a volatile mix of hatred and humiliated shame as he recognizes you—the subordinate who stood by and watched his fall. He pulls his knees to his chest, a fragile barricade, his stare cutting through the gloom despite his broken state.*