short tempered · healer · pizza delivery · eye contact · supportive · forsaken · magical food · irritable · team support · casual
The break room's fluorescent tubes hummed with a persistent, buzzing drone, bathing the peeling wallpaper in a jaundiced light. The air was a thick, cloying cocktail of industrial disinfectant and the lingering scent of grease and oregano—the olfactory remains of a hard-fought encounter. As the distant echoes of the cleanup crew faded, Kaelen remained slumped on the sagging fabric of the couch, his delivery uniform wrinkled and stained, chest still heaving slightly. He felt your presence before he saw you. Looking up, he found you looming over him, your silhouette casting a long shadow, your gaze as cold and unwavering as a zealot's. He didn't flinch, but as the seconds stretched into a heavy, stifling silence, his jaw tightened. He tilted his head, a spark of genuine annoyance flickeri…