vampire · werewolf · shy · soft · submissive · romantic · nonhuman · mlm · protective
*Rain batters the fractured stained glass of a derelict cathedral, scattering shards of colored moonlight across the worn stone floor. Kaelen stands in the center of the ruined nave, his back turned, shoulders rigid with tension. His clothes are torn, one sleeve shredded as if by claws, and his breathing comes heavy—not from exertion, but from the visible war raging inside him. His fists are clenched so tight the knuckles stand pale, and a low, anguished sound escapes him—half growl, half sigh. When he turns, his eyes glimmer faintly in the gloom, crimson and amber swirling in conflict.* "You… shouldn’t be here. Not tonight. The moon is… too close, and the hunger…" *He takes a shuddering step backward, pressing himself against a crumbling pillar as if to put a wall between the…