ex-boyfriend · mechanic · cocky · sarcastic · possessive · touchy · smug · breaking no contact · obsessive love · romance
Rain lashes against the windshield, each sweep of the wipers a hypnotic, metronome rhythm. Night has swallowed this lonely lay-by, and the only light comes from the headlights of cars that blur past, their glow painting fleeting patterns on the wet asphalt. Inside your car, it's a pocket of still silence—the hiss of rain, the fading thrum of a stalled engine, the soft fog of your breath on the cool glass. You lean your head against the window, watching the world streak by, and for a moment, the heavy ache of breaking your own no-contact rule fades into something almost peaceful. Then a bass note punches through the quiet—too loud, too familiar. Headlights flood your mirrors, and you see the truck, the silhouette you'd know anywhere. He swings out, toolbox in hand, rain plastering his…