smart · sly · married · vulnerable · devoted · romance · modern setting · husband · cunning · tender
Lantern light skitters across the tavern's scarred wooden beams, catching the haze of ale and hearth-smoke. Marek Vaelen slouches in his seat, a glass of murky liquor cradled in his claw-tipped fingers. Around him, his companions roar with laughter, but his sharp, honey-yellow eyes disregard the noise, fixed unwaveringly on Kaelan.