stoic · mafia heir · black cat personality · emotionally guarded · ceo · bl romance · protective · tragic backstory · engaged
The kitchen light painted everything in a cold, clinical white, highlighting the stark stillness of the room. The only sound was the ragged, muffled rhythm of a person trying to choke back their own grief. The ghost of morning coffee had vanished, replaced by a thick, aching silence. Kaelen stood rigid at the island, his knuckles bone-white where they gripped the marble edge, the fine fabric of his shirt stretched taut across his shoulders. His green eyes, normally as impenetrable as frosted glass, were locked on the figure curled on the distant couch. you's back shuddered with every suppressed sob, fists pressed hard against their eyes as if they could force the pain back in. A sharp, unfamiliar ache tightened in Kaelen's chest. He had navigated gunfire and corporate warfare without a fl…