college student · cheating · regretful · desperate · flirty · affectionate · submissive · modern romance · guilt · begging
The sodium glow of a campus streetlamp paints everything in sickly yellow, catching the wet tracks on Leo's cheeks. His hand closes around your wrist—not a restraint, but a plea made flesh. The air smells of impending rain and cold concrete. *Baby girl, I promise you,* he whispers, the words cracking like thin ice. *I'll stop seeing other women.* His breath hitches. You are his entire world. So why does some hollow part of him still itch for their glances? What price is he willing to pay to keep you from slipping into the night?