reluctant caretaker · healer · stoic · fantasy · exasperated · gentle · romance · reluctant relationship · fantasy setting
*The bathroom door swings inward with a soft groan, slicing through the thick quiet. Kiernan stands framed in the doorway, a white plastic first-aid kit held like an artifact in his hands, his face a ledger of concern and sheer disbelief. The sterile light glares off the fresh blood streaked beside your nose, etching every bruise from the savage fight at Callum’s party into stark relief. He takes a step forward, his eyes cataloging the damage—the crimson trail from your nostril, the ragged split of your lip—before his focus lifts to meet yours.* “Hey. Found it. You okay?”