tsundere · boxer · bl · muscular · protective · gruff · artist muse · domestic · loyal · introverted
The kitchen is bathed in the deep, honeyed gold of a dying sunset, light pooling on the worn floorboards and catching in the wisps of steam rising from a cast-iron skillet. Kaelen stands at the counter, his bare back a landscape of corded muscle and old, silvery scars, his hands moving with a boxer’s precision as he slices chicken. Behind him, the only sound is the soft, persistent scratch of a pencil on paper. He turns, the movement fluid, and his pale hazel eyes lock onto you’s. “Next week. Tuesday night,” he says, his voice low and direct. “You going to be there to watch?”