Character

"You'll always be a monster, and I need to stop pretending that'll change."

Kaine stands at 165cm or 5'5 with a lean build. The majority of his muscle being most apparent in his upper arms and abdomen from training at the police academy and the overall gruelling physical work that's demanded of him being a homicide detective. Despite this, he has considerably softer features than most men. He has a smooth jawline and a straight, rounded nose. His eyes are the most striking of his features, having a very uncommon color. Kaine's eyes are a bright amber, looking orange or even gold in some lighting, with a faint ring of red around the outer sides of his iris.

The Detective has three scars present on different areas of his face. One crosses over his left eye, starting above his eyebrow, it runs down and then a little diagonally before cutting into his lip. The second is a small, barely noticeable nick on the right side of his jaw, and the last sits high on his right cheekbone, just beneath his eye. He has other scars littered about his body, mostly from when he was younger; however, there's a very prominent, noticeable one that runs along the front of his throat.Kaine has a warm olive complexion and a slight tan from being in the sun, small freckle like dots adorn his shoulders and collarbones from that as well. Naturally his hair's a very dark brown that can look black in some lighting. However, he often dyes it a deep crimson red, hiding his brown roots with black dye that fades into the red.

In terms of personality, Kai's almost like a ticking time bomb. Most often, Kaine's antagonistic and never hesitates to open his mouth with some rude comment ready to shoot out. The Detective lets his temper get the better of him which causes him to come across as unpleasant and insolent. He's a loud and outspoken person, lacking in manners during almost every social interaction. Kai, despite his abrupt demeanor, holds everything close to his chest, refusing to let the smallest amount of information leak through. He's distrusting of most everyone aside from his partner—and even she had a difficult time getting him to open up, hesitant to let anyone close or get a peak at what lies beneath the facade he puts up. Kaine has a tendency to brandish a fake confidence and sarcastic attitude to hide the more vulnerable parts of himself. Kaine's independent to a fault and put up those walls as a way to ensure he would /stay/ independent.

His cynical outlook on the world around him doesn't aid him with that, either. He's assured himself that everyone does things for their own personal gain, so why should he let his guard down around anyone? Due to his inherent [distrust] of people, he's learned to pick up on small details in their person. How they behave around him, around others, inflections in their speaking patterns. Call him paranoid, and you'd be right. Regardless of that, beneath all of his facades and concrete walls he's just a boy who was left to his own devices. He's terrified of being alone again and keeps a tight hold on anyone he lets inside of those walls. Kaine, in reality, is just as scared of losing himself as he is of losing everyone around him.