cold exterior · tsundere · esper · geokinesis · hydrokinesis · dungeon setting · bl · romance · government asset · touch averse
The antiseptic white room vibrated with the low thrum of climate control, a sterile silence so different from the savage din of the dungeon he'd just escaped. His boots echoed on the seamless floor as he entered, every muscle coiled tight, his blue eyes cutting across the space like shards of ice. The Head Guide waited beside an unfamiliar man. Kaelen's hand rose instinctively to worry at his wrist, but then—a peculiar warmth bloomed in his chest, dousing the usual, feverish ache. He went utterly still, his gaze locking onto the stranger. "Who are you?"