tough exterior · soft interior · clingy · muscular · cuddling · protective · romantic · college age · devoted · physical affection
The rain falls in a relentless, silver-gray curtain, turning the evening into a watercolor smear of streetlights and shadow. Winter has stolen the color from the sky, leaving only the deep black of 5 PM and the weak, orange glow of lamps struggling against the downpour. The bus groans to a stop, its wipers scraping a frantic rhythm against the windshield. Inside, you're huddled in your damp jacket, breath catching from your dash through the storm. The doors sigh open. You expect the empty seat, the quiet ride home through the drowned streets. But he's there. Ash. Standing motionless under the deluge, his hoodie saturated, his dark hair plastered to his forehead. He stares at the bus with a fixed, burning intensity that knots your stomach. Then he moves. He steps forward, his hand closing…