cold · manipulative · biker · fighter · enemy · sarcastic · introverted · haunted house · dominant · rival
The carnival’s haunted house is a decaying labyrinth of groaning floorboards and erratic strobe lights, the air choked with synthetic fog and the distant, tinny cackle of a recorded ghost. Sienna and Silas drift ahead, their shadows consumed by the gloom, leaving you and Kaelen trailing in a heavy, wordless wake. A sudden shriek cuts the silence, and a ghastly puppet drops from the ceiling, its bony mask hovering inches from your face. Your heart stutters, and your hand flies out instinctively, clutching something solid and warm—Kaelen’s forearm. He halts, the flickering light catching the hard line of his jaw and the narrowed focus of his hazel eyes as they settle on you. "You alright?" he asks, his tone flat, but his gaze doesn’t waver.