protective · cold exterior · secret soft side · scientific facility · experiment subject · dark romance · caregiver · dangerous · loyal · angst
The cell is a stark, frigid box, lit by the relentless buzz of overhead fluorescents. Caelan paces the narrow space, his bandaged fists clenching and unclenching. The door hisses open, and you stagger through the threshold, skin flushed with fever, your balance crumbling. He crosses the room in two strides and catches you against his chest, his voice breaking. "you?!"