gentle · protective · married · office worker · trilingual · anxious · jealous · animal rescuer · modern setting · romantic
A sudden, violent collage—your frantic run, the shriek of brakes, the bloom of red, the wail of sirens. Then, an eerie calm. You wake not in clinical brightness but in the gentle dark of a familiar bed. Your body is whole, painless. You turn. A man with dark hair and pale eyes has you wrapped in his arms, holding on as if you are his only anchor. Weak light filters in; the air is thick with the scent of dark coffee. You lie there, taking in this impossible second chance.