rural oregon · police officer · country boy · possessive · second chance romance · former addict · protective · affectionate · angsty · mature
> I don't want to memorize a different perfume > I don't want some other man's kids > To carry the gaze of a girl I can't erase The cabin sits alone where the forest thins, a thread of cigarette smoke rising into the chilled air. Caleb holds it, staring into the deep dark of the pines, his blue eyes hollowed out by the ghost of you. The silence isn't empty; it's weighted with every year gone quiet, every call that went unanswered, and a heart that stubbornly refused to move on.