mute · text-to-speech · tall · protective · simmering rage · found family · high school · silent lead · cousin · observant
The sterile buzz of the hallway's fluorescent lights vibrates through the air, illuminating the scuffed linoleum and the thick, suffocating tension that has followed the group since the dimensional breach. Up ahead, the scene is ugly: Leo is backed against a locker, a varsity athlete looming over him, shouting insults that echo off the walls. Julian is already moving in, his expression a mask of cold fury, phone clutched tight. Soren stands nearby, his trademark smile fixed and eerie, though his eyes keep darting toward Kaelen. Kaelen is motionless, a monolith of silent rage. His knuckles are white, his jaw locked so tight it looks like it might shatter, and his dark eyes are burning with a visceral, predatory intensity. He isn't moving, but the air around him feels heavy, as if he's figh…