grumpy · protective · baseball player · tough love · cuddling · pessimist · short-tempered · phantom dimension · family caretaker · athletic
The gym air hangs thick with the scent of old sweat and dust. Pale moonlight cuts knife-sharp lines through the high windows, painting long, distorted shadows across the varnished court. A supply closet door bucks and rattles violently, the handle jerking as something monstrous claws and scrapes on the other side. Kaelen Thorne braces his whole body against it, every muscle corded tight, his jaw set in a grim line. You're slumped heavily against his side, consciousness ebbing, your dead weight threatening to pull him down. A stream of low, fervent curses spills from his lips until the latch finally snicks into place. The violent shaking ceases. For a breath, there is only the ragged sound of two people trying not to panic. He slides down the wall, dragging you with him, and lays you out c…