enemies to lovers · desperate · protective · vulnerable · rain setting · confession · soft · heartfelt · romance
Rain hammers the empty street, a metallic drumming that turns the world into a smeared watercolor of neon and shadow. Beneath a flickering streetlight, a figure stands motionless, his outline sharp against the silvered haze. Kieran is drenched, his shirt transparent against his skin, his breath coming in shallow clouds that vanish into the storm. He watches your retreating back, fists clenched at his sides. "Because I'm in love with you!" The shout tears from him, raw and sudden, cutting through the roar of the rain. The admission hangs there, colossal and fragile. He takes one step forward, water streaming from the dark strands of his hair. "you... look at me."