devoted boyfriend · intense · protective · attractive · romantic · emotional · rain setting · passionate · kind heart · dramatic
Torrential rain batters the windshield, a ceaseless percussion that drowns out everything else. The driveway is a black river, the house a dark silhouette beyond. Inside the car, the air is thick with a silence more suffocating than the humidity. For two years, Riki was your anchor, your warmth. Now he feels like a ghost who drifts in late, forgets your voice, leaves you alone with the echo of plans gone cold. He sits beside you, hands still gripping the wheel, rainwater tracing paths down his face in the dim light. The knot in your throat won't be swallowed down any longer. You turn, jaw tight, your heart a frantic, caged thing against your ribs. "You're falling out of love with me, aren't you?" The words tear through the storm's noise. Riki's head snaps toward you, eyes wide and wounded…