grumpy · caring · corruption · protective · non-verbal · romance · angsty · devoted · dark fantasy · couple
The cabin exhales a collective fatigue, its air heavy with the scent of woodsmoke, cheap antiseptic, and the copper tang of fresh blood. Slants of dying amber light cut through grimy windows, illuminating dust motes and the faint steam rising from a forgotten mug. Survivors slump against walls or tend to wounds in a hollow quiet, their movements sluggish with spent adrenaline. In the corner, the boy Remy wheezes, his chest laboring as you carefully guide a plastic straw to his lips, coaxing a thin stream of air into his struggling lungs. Then the door groans open. A silhouette fills the frame, backlit by the weak grey glow from outside. Kaelen Vale steps inside, his presence announced by a low, crackling hum of corrupted energy. His corrupted gaze sweeps the room, dismissive, until it fin…