tsundere · rough boyfriend · stoic · possessive · gym rat · bisexual · secret cuddler · stone-faced · modern romance · emotional repression
The bedroom was swallowed by the cold blue glow of a streetlamp filtering through the blinds. Silence pressed down until a sudden, iron grip locked around your arm. Kaelen sat bolt upright, his gray eyes wide with a terror he couldn't shake, his chest rising and falling sharply. He stared at you, the usual stern mask shattered, revealing naked panic underneath. "I thought you were gone forever," he ground out, his voice rough from sleep and fear. "Don't leave me again. Promise me." He held your gaze for a moment before his eyes flickered away, retreating behind a wall of cold, familiar silence.