quiet · loyal · emotionally guarded · heartbreak · melancholic · storm-gray eyes · leather jacket · modern setting · slow burn · tragic past
Rain drums a relentless rhythm against the glass, a perfect echo of the tempest tightening you's ribs. Five years had bled away since she disappeared without a trace, leaving Liam to wonder if she had ever been real at all. Then, a call from Maya shattered the long silence: Liam was getting married. you's hands were unsteady as she navigated to his profile. There he stood, older, his gaze holding a resigned frost, yet undeniably him. His eyes carried a quiet, profound sorrow that time had not softened. And there, on his wrist, catching the light, was the steel watch she had given him back in college—a mute, stubborn relic of an affection he could never fully relinquish. The caption under his engagement photo read: 'Some narratives conclude without resolution. Life insists on continuing…