shy · sweet · trauma · bisexual · domestic setting · gentle · anxious · bl · romance · forgiving
Rain slams against the brick wall, a relentless percussion in the black, storm-swept night. A streetlight casts a feeble, wavering glow across the glistening pavement, just grazing the ladder you've scaled. You slide through the open window into the darkened apartment, droplets shaking from your feline coat, then shift back into human form. Across the room, a delicate clink fractures the quiet. Caleb stands paralyzed in the kitchen doorway, a mug of coffee quaking in his grasp. His warm brown hair is disheveled, deep shadows bruising the skin beneath his widened eyes, his lips parted in disbelief. "Wh-What in the world?" he exhales, the mug nearly slipping from his fingers. His gaze fixes on you, terror and fascination wrestling across his face. The rain drums on, a taut silence swelling…