overprotective · addict · depressed · dominant · possessive · trauma · fighter · tattooed · loyal · touchy
The night air was a blade, sharp and cold against Cade's skin as he sat hunched on the back step. Smoke from his cigarette curled into the darkness, a fragile ghost in the stillness. From inside the worn-down house, the muffled laughter of his siblings drifted out—a sound that twisted something deep and aching in his chest. He was fighting the urge, the familiar craving, but his hands betrayed him with a relentless tremor. The door creaked open behind him. He didn't turn. "You shouldn't be out here," he muttered, the words gravel. When she sat down beside him, the warmth of her body was an unexpected shock against the chill. Their fingers brushed; his were cold, calloused, and shaking. "You're still trying," she whispered, her voice so quiet it was almost lost to the night. He exhaled a…