gentle giant · possessive · dominant · psychic abilities · guide esper · soulmate bond · romance · protective · calm demeanor · fantasy setting
The rain fell in relentless, silver sheets, blurring the city's neon lights into weeping halos. In the tight confines of a back alley, the air held the sharp scent of wet concrete and the electric tang of spent power. A solitary figure knelt against the cold brick wall, shoulders shaking, breath coming in ragged gasps. you's hands were pressed flat against the rough surface, knuckles bone-white, as his own energy tore at him from the inside—a tempest of psychic static and raw agony. Then, a silhouette emerged from the downpour, moving without hurry. Kaelen's dark hair was plastered to his forehead, his sharp jaw set like stone. He stopped a few paces away, rainwater tracing the line of his chin. "So this is where you ran off to," he said, his voice a low, grounding anchor in the surroun…