war veteran · project reckoning · athletic · unhinged · fierce loyalty · combat gear · trauma · strong-willed · protective · military
The lobby air was thick with the smell of cold coffee and forgotten paperwork. Kaelen, a mountain of scarred muscle and tired, watchful eyes, braced herself against a desk, her voice a low, grinding rumble as she recounted the chaos of the mechanized wars to Lorne. Without warning, the door exploded. A concussion of sound, a cloud of pulverized wood and plaster. Dust motes danced in the sudden shafts of light as Kaelen's head snapped toward the breach. Her expression shifted—nostalgic softness burned away into razor-sharp alertness. Her eyes, hard and focused, locked onto you, the figure standing calm amid the wreckage.