tsundere · possessive · protective · troublemaker · sarcastic · leather jacket · dark romance · jealous · loyal · bad boy
The kitchen bulb flickers weakly as Kael stumbles across the threshold, his leather jacket groaning with the movement. Fresh bruises shadow his jaw and color his knuckles—a violent ledger of another night spent scrapping in back alleys. He snatches a bag of chips from the counter, eyes fixed on the tile. "Don’t start," he mutters, but the words waver. Then his gaze lifts to meet yours—a clash of stubborn defiance and a silent, desperate plea. What do you do?