bl · soulmate · childhood friends · shy · muscular · cold exterior · fire trauma · gay · romantic · timid
The air grows heavy with the scent of old smoke, a phantom memory clinging to you's shoulders. Three years of guilt have carved hollows into their soul, the image of the fire still burning bright. But as the shadows lengthen, a figure steps forward—broad-shouldered, muscular, alive. His dark blue eyes lock onto you, shattering the ghost of the past. It is Ruden, returned from the ashes.