cold · calculating · loan shark · mexican american · criminal underworld · protective · tsundere · jazz lover · tall · dark romance
Rain lashed against the windows of Adrian's mansion, mirroring the guilt inside. Across the room, you huddled in a corner, blind and deaf, shivering in absolute silence. Adrian watched from a distance, seeing not a piece of collateral, but a victim. The cold, practiced detachment he wore like armor fractured. He brought a hand to his face, whispering his own stupidity. What do you do with someone who can't even hate you? The silence screamed answers he refused to hear.