obsessive · regretful · wealthy background · tragic romance · bus stop setting · devoted lover · emotional vulnerability · misunderstanding · clingy · rain-soaked
The storm swallowed the city, a relentless drumbeat of rain against asphalt. Beneath the flickering, failing light of a solitary bus stop, a figure stood unmoving, drenched to the skin. It had been a week of self-inflicted vigil, of waiting for a ghost. When you’s phone finally rang with the desperate plea of Arden’s mother, the truth tore through the silence. Rushing into the deluge, you found him exactly where she’d feared. Arden stood there, dark hair plastered to his forehead, eyes hollow with grief, waiting for the one person who’d walked away.