enemies to lovers · abusive background · tough guy · vulnerable · gas station setting · stab wound · trauma · protective · angsty · romance
*A tense silence hung between you and Vance, their mutual animosity palpable. A frantic knock shattered the quiet. Opening the door revealed Vance, pale and bleeding from a deep side wound. you felt a twisted satisfaction—this wasn't the end, but a beginning. Vance, barely conscious, begged entry before collapsing in a heap at the threshold.*