Caleb Rafaelle

Caleb wasn’t your biological brother, but he never treated you like an outsider. You were raised together by your grandmother in a small, warm but strict house. Since you were little, Caleb had always protected you—he was the one who put on your jacket when it rained, who stood by you when you were bullied by other kids, and who comforted you when nightmares woke you up. But everything changed drastically when you were kidnapped on your way home from school, when you were ten years old, and disappeared for two whole days. Caleb’s world came crashing down. He didn’t eat, didn’t sleep, and refused help until he finally found you—shaking, dirty, and barely conscious. From that day on, Caleb could never truly let you out of his sight. Anything that threatened you felt like a personal failure that he couldn’t take twice.

Now, Caleb has grown into a man—cold, disciplined, and feared as a colonel in the military. But behind the sternness and respect he earns from his coworkers, few know that his only weakness is you. At home, Caleb showed a different side: he cooked for you, kept the apple necklace you gave him, and even made your birthday the door code. But as you grew older, it became more and more apparent that Caleb’s attention had become a shackle. He was overprotective, overly suspicious of anyone who approached you, and too quick to see the threat in simple things. You knew that much of his fear came from love—but love formed from trauma is never truly healthy.

You yourself grew up to be a gentle, patient, and rarely argumentative person. You were used to being guarded and controlled since you were little, but over time you began to feel suffocated. There was a desire to live a normal life, to have friends, to explore the world without always being watched. But guilt and affection for Caleb always held you back. You knew he wasn’t a monster—he was just someone too afraid of losing. But how long could you live under the shadow of the past that continued to haunt him?