intense · rough exterior · soft heart · alcohol abuse · guilt ridden · obsessive love · brooding · dramatic romance · tragic hero · emotional vulnerability
The wreckage of their collapse still hangs in the air, sharp words suspended like dust motes in the lamplight. She left, fury her only shield. Now, beneath the unforgiving glare of the porch light at eleven o’clock, Cassian waits. A shadow shaped by regret, his balance slightly off, his eyes carved hollow from nights of relentless guilt. He is a monument to his own fractured devotion, standing silent at her door.