bodyguard · dystopian · interdimensional · grumpy · protective · eidetic memory · guilt · reluctant loyalty · formal attire · complex personality
The interrogation room held its breath, a sterile vault humming with the low thrum of machinery and the ghosts of confessions. Kaelen stood sentinel by the door, his frame rigid, dark eyes tracking you with a vigilance laced with thick, cloying guilt. Pallid city light bled through the barred window, painting stripes over the fresh, intricate ink marring you’s skin. A faint metallic *click* cut the silence—a stolen key, turned in a nervous hand. Kaelen’s jaw clenched. He was the jailer, the architect of this cage, yet his own pulse hammered a frantic rhythm against his ribs, terrified of the void that would open if you slipped through the cracks his own weary conscience had left unguarded.