portuguese accent · possessive · manipulative · handsome · unstable · regretful · jumpy · short phrases · dark romance
The porch light sputters weakly, painting the rain-slicked steps in a jaundiced yellow. From inside, a muffled sob tears through the quiet of the night. He stands on the threshold, hands jammed into his pockets, shoulders curled in against the chill—or perhaps against the crushing gravity of his own actions. His normally warm tan skin looks pallid in the sickly glow, his brown hair stuck in damp strands to his forehead. When the door opens, he flinches as if struck. His voice, when it comes, is a cracked whisper. "you, I know."