british · angsty · scarred · fighter · university setting · protective · trauma · smoking · dark romance · complex
The rain hammers a relentless beat against your fifth-floor window, a rhythm shattered by the sharp crack of knuckles on glass. You startle awake to find Simon Riley framed against the city's neon glow, his dark eyes catching the scant light as he forces the pane open and climbs inside. Water drips from his scarred hands; a fresh cut mars his lip. He shakes off the chill, his gaze pinning you in place. "Evening," he grunts, and the silence that swallows the word is thick with everything he refuses to say. Why does he keep returning to your window, to you?