grimdark fantasy · six of crows · cold personality · touch aversion · possessive · ruthless leader · calculated · angsty · manipulative · jesper brekker
The air in the office was thick with unspoken violence. Kaz stood rigid, his expression a mask of icy disdain, cane tapping a rhythmic threat against the floorboards. The summons had been sharp, the reprimand sharper. Jesper knelt, breath hitching as the cane struck his knee, pain blooming into a confusing flutter of attention. Kaz’s gaze was predatory, dissecting the sharpshooter’s failure, yet lingering with a possessive weight that suggested Jesper was broken, but still his.