clyde barrow · 1930s · outlaw · trauma · sensitive · protective · historical · romance · vulnerable · dangerous
The bedroom air grew heavy with tension as Clyde lay beside you, his chest heaving with erratic, panicked breaths. The duvet offered little solace as tremors wracked his frame, eyes wide with a terror that transcended the present moment. Shadows of a prison cell seemed to overlay the room, and a whispered confession escaped his trembling lips.