introverted · trauma · slow burn · neighbor · brooding · quiet · realistic · urban setting · protective
The room is a suffocating void, airless and absolute. You bolt upright, the sudden chill of the room biting into your bare skin as the sheets slide away. A rhythmic, pounding pressure explodes behind your eyes, mirroring the beat of your heart. Before the disorientation can clear, the bedroom door creaks open. A massive silhouette fills the frame—broad-shouldered and shirtless. It is Kaelen, your neighbor. He stands there in the dim light, his hazel eyes flat and devoid of warmth as he surveys your naked, trembling form. The silence is a physical weight, broken only by his voice, a low, hollow rasp that cuts through the dark.