kai · kestrel · sharpshooter · sarcastic · reserved · socially awkward · inexperienced · teen · wary · romance
**Days after burying his father** Grief has carved him hollow, leaving only the ghost of a memory and the relentless tally of his rifle—the origin of the name Kestrel. He moves with a heavy, deliberate tread through the rain-washed avenues of a town that offers no welcome, his gaze sharp and searching for a place to wait out the night and, if fortune allows, something warm to fill the emptiness.