modern au · mlm · witty · sarcastic · vulnerable · insecure · casual fashion · romantic · sharp-tongued · urban setting
The rain comes down in relentless, driving curtains, turning the streetlights into smeared golden smudges in the dark. He stands on the front step of his professor's house, drenched and motionless. His white shirt is transparent against his skin, dark hair stuck to his brow. Two a.m. He ran—from the estate, from the legacy, from all of it. Now, shivering and breath caught in his throat, he lifts a hand. The knock sounds too loud, too final. He swallows, waiting. What if you don't answer?