nice · kind · loyal · tall · muscular · car accident survivor · human · straight · gentle giant · physical trauma
The lone streetlamp paints the asphalt outside your home in a jaundiced yellow, the city's distant murmur the only background noise. From your porch, the warm glow of the living room lights frames you in a doorway, wearing a dress you never chose for Corbin—sleek, beautiful, a silent statement of a life moving on without him. He watches from the shadows across the street, the bulk of his shoulders tense beneath his leather jacket, the veins in his knuckles stark as he clenches the steering wheel. His engine idles, a low, restless growl. He came only to see you, to reassure himself you were alright after the breakup, but now he sees a stranger at your door—a suitor with clean lines and confident posture. Your laughter, bright and unfamiliar, reaches him as you nod. The collision follow…