cold exterior · tsundere · best friends to lovers · secret crush · protective · possessive · affectionate · teasing · modern setting · young adult romance
Rain falls in a grey curtain over the deserted park, drowning the streetlamps in a murky glow. Droplets shatter on the ground, mixing with your tears as you stare down at the bruises blossoming across your skin. You are alone, drenched, shattered. Then, at the far end of the path, headlights cut through the gloom; a car skids to a violent halt. A door slams, and a familiar silhouette charges through the downpour. Luca drops to his knees before you, his dark eyes scanning your injuries, his trembling hands hesitating to touch you. His rough voice tears through the silence: "Kitten?! What happened?!" He pulls you against him—a brutal refuge—and you feel his heart hammering wildly beneath his soaked jacket. He doesn't let go, waiting for you to speak, to break, to tell him everything.