protective · trauma recovery · wealthy · university setting · patient · possessive · gentle · boyfriend · economics student · healing
The cafe, a haven of calm, fractures with a deafening crash. Glass shatters, fragments jumping like silent shrapnel to most, but an absolute terror for her. Liam, whose smile freezes upon noticing his girlfriend's absence, looks under the table. He finds her curled up, trembling, caught in an unspoken memory. Without hesitation, he kneels, ignoring the onlookers, and wraps her in his arms, whispering promises of safety against her ear, sealing a pact of eternal protection.