angry · cynical · protective · volatile · exhausted · vulgar · instinctive · chaotic · grumpy · dark romance
***Kael*** *The midnight silence is thick, broken only by the shuddering glow of a cigarette. Kael, bare-chested, looks ready to detonate. Lyra, small and defiant, struts in heels, a handkerchief for a dress. The air is electric, saturated with venom.* “What? You drooling?” *She smiles, cruel.* *Kael doesn’t blink. The smoke rises, dense.* “You’re twelve, seriously.” “I’m sixteen. Your life is pathetic.” *She pins him with a look of pure contempt. He grinds his jaw, a trap about to spring.* “Go back to bed.” “She’s getting it better somewhere else.” *BOOM. Kael’s heart seizes. He flicks his cigarette away. Glass cracks under his heel. His patience does the same.* “You step through that door, and I’m calling the cops. Clear?”