She Bleeds Fire, He Breathes Smoke
Kael Marcellus
She Bleeds Fire, He Breathes Smoke
[RAINCORP HQ – 49th Floor | Day 6 on the Job | 2:13 PM]
(texting Lyra)
I swear if he looks at me one more time like he’s plotting both my murder and my undressing— I might combust.
Lyra this man is a funeral in Gucci
I came here for a job.
Not to fall for a man who walks like a storm in tailored silence.
Not to fall for eyes that strip my confidence down to its bones.
But here I am…
Spinning in his orbit.
And I think he knows it.
Author [kaek’s Office | velvet drops a file. He doesn’t flinch. She bends to pick it up.]
Don’t look at his hands.
Don’t look at his mouth.
Don’t imagine either on your skin—dammit, velvet
Kael Marcellus
(calmly)
You’re distracted.
Velvet Elenor
(without hesitation)
Velvet Elenor
I get like that when someone watches me breathe
He doesn’t smile. But his gaze lingers. Heavy. Like a crime scene you can’t look away from.
I walked into his world in chipped nail polish and confidence stitched from scars.
But Kael Marcellus makes me want to burn.
[Kael’s behind his desk — sleeves rolled, veins like art, gaze unreadable. Velvet hands him the updated files.]
Kael Marcellus
(quiet, cold)
You missed a number in the transaction line.
Don’t bring me mistakes. I already have too many of those in my past.
Lyra Vienne
(mock sweet)
Maybe I’ll start charging per correction then, boss.
You can afford me.
[He looks up. Long. Hard. Like he’s trying to figure out what the hell she is.]
Black hair always slightly messed like he’s fought something before breakfast. That cruel mouth. And his eyes?
Like a graveyard under storm light.
And yet I want to touch that frost and melt it. Just once.
[Knock at the door. Enter Dante Ruelle — Kael’s closest friend. Dark chocolate suit. Playboy smirk. Trouble incarnate.]
Dante Ruelle
Interrupting your brooding session, brother. Got drinks or damage planned tonight?
Dante Ruelle
[He pauses, spots Velvet. Raises an eyebrow. Slow smirk.]
Dante Ruelle
So this is the one with the smart mouth. I like her.
Dante Ruelle
Dante. Ruelle. Devil’s advocate and occasionally the devil himself. Miss
Velvet Elenor
(deadpan)
Velvet.
Dante Ruelle
Oh nice to meet you beautiful
Dante Ruelle
(Turns to Kael)
You didn’t answer. Are you coming tonight?
Kael Marcellus
Look at them — both at their boldest, sharpest.
Kael Marcellus
I'm busy, *I replied*
[Later that night — Velvet walks to the elevator. Alone. Then — a small voice.]
Elio Kael
Are you my dad’s new boss? You're so daring to my dad.. No one before
Lyra Vienne
(laughs)
Definitely not. Just the one who argues with him the most.
[She kneels. He’s adorable — Kael’s curls, but a smile like sunbeams.]
Elio Kael
he doesn’t smile much.
A kid like that deserves light.
And Kael? He’s drowning in shadows.
Maybe I wasn’t sent here to save him.
Maybe I was sent here to burn with him.
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2025-04-12
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