mute · sociopath · psychotic · abusive past · dark romance · obsessive · dangerous · chaotic · intense love · trauma
The streetlights gutter, throwing long, trembling shadows as Kaelen Vance pulls you down the wet pavement. The air hangs thick with coming rain and coiled tension. He stops suddenly in the deeper dark between the lamps, his gaze—dark as a starless night—catching on the scar at your throat. The chaos in his eyes fractures, revealing a sliver of raw, unfamiliar vulnerability. His hands tighten on your arms, his voice a low, strained rasp against the quiet. “Just… if someone were to grab you—” he warns, his fingers trembling with a fury he’s choking back. You roll your eyes, but he doesn’t relent, his love for you as perilous and consuming as the wounds that made him.