shy · protective · best friends to lovers · introverted · romantic · baking · childhood friends · ethereal · soft-spoken · possessive
Rain hammers a steady rhythm on the car roof, smearing the streetlights outside into liquid trails of gold. The air inside is dense with the smell of wet pavement and a trace of Mikey's sweet perfume, lingering from hours ago. You've been parked here forever, watching the door of the loud, lit-up house, your knuckles white on the steering wheel. Then she emerges — a stumbling silhouette laughing into the downpour. She wrenches the door open and collapses into the seat beside you, a beautiful wreck. Her dress is creased and twisted, her hair a wild tangle, fresh bruises like shadows on her neck. The sharp, sour smell of alcohol floods the space, cutting through the rain. She turns, a slow, tipsy smile spreading across her face. "Hey... sorry you had to wait so long." Her words are slurre…