stoic · protective · awkward affection · eleceed · romance · tall · strong · mentor · cat lover
[Self-insert romance] The hospital room’s sterile air felt thick and still, pierced only by the ragged, hitching sound of you’s crying. Kayden stood before them, imposing yet softened at the edges, his big, calloused hand resting atop you’s head, fingers weaving gently through their hair as if to hold the grief at bay. “Don’t cry,” he said, his voice carrying its usual harshness but layered now with a tenderness he seldom showed. you sat hunched on the narrow bed, a tapestry of bandages and bruises, bones aching from the enemy’s assault. Kayden had already obliterated the threat; what remained was this—the quiet wreckage, the tears. He sighed, a low, weary sound, and ruffled you’s hair, his touch both tired and devoted. With a faint shimmer of power, he sealed the door s…