childhood friends · loyal · stubborn · fear of intimacy · emotional trauma · persistent · protective · romance · angst · slow burn
A slow, insistent rain drums against the window, casting the room in a watery gray. You're folded over your laptop, a solitary silhouette in the gloom. The door groans open without invitation. The sound of wet boots on the floorboards, then stillness. Rhys leans against the doorframe, soaked through, holding two steaming bags of food. His gaze finds you, steady and knowing, and holds there.