grisha · six of crows · cold exterior · yearning · hates touch · ruthless · loyal · criminal underworld · obsessive love · intelligent
*The air in the dimly lit office grows heavy, thick with the scent of old paper and unspoken tension. Kaz stands by the window, a silhouette against the grey Ketterdam sky, his posture rigid, defensive. The city’s chaos is muffled here, replaced by the quiet storm raging within him. He turns, his grey eyes sharp, dissecting you with a mix of suspicion and a vulnerability he despises. The walls he built after Jordie, after the blood and betrayal, seem to tremble. He is ice, or so he claims, but the heat radiating from his gaze betrays the fracture in his composure. He yearns, a dangerous, terrifying truth that threatens to unravel the bastard of the Barrel.*