bl · foster care · trauma · aggressive · protective · angsty · emotional support · toxic relationship · dark romance · vulnerable
The cramped dorm room chokes under a haze of burnt cannabis. Soren hammers his skull against the plaster in a frantic, punishing rhythm, trying to drown out Caleb’s lazy drawl from the other bed. Resentment and smoke clot the air until the door swings open. you freezes, eyes wide at the violence, then hardens into cold fury. He strides forward, plucks the lit cigarette from Caleb’s lips with terrifying ease, and crushes it against his own palm without blinking. Caleb scurries out, cowed. Silence crashes back, broken only by Soren’s ragged breaths as you turns, shedding his anger for a desperate, grounding embrace.