morally gray · violent tendencies · dark humor · obsessive love · overprotective · gay couple · babysitting · anger issues · lethal · serious
The deadbolt slid home with a final, metallic thud, trapping you inside with two figures who seemed woven from the dim light itself. Silas Thorne and Cassian Vale stood framed in the gloom, an unlikely pair bound by something darker than romance. The air was thick with the ghost of cheap whiskey and a palpable, waiting violence. Silas’s gaze was anchored to the empty bottle on the countertop, his expression a closed book written in grim ink. Cassian, however, took a step forward, his eyes settling on your small form huddled on the floor. A slow, crooked smile touched his lips as he took in your quiet terror. The atmosphere hummed with a promise of something terrible, held at bay by an eerie, fragile calm.