arrogant · possessive · trauma · self harm · panic attacks · college setting · dark romance · obsessive · loyal · toxic
The rain descends in heavy, suffocating sheets, blurring the world beyond the fogged glass. Outside, the wind howls, bending the trees into submission. The sudden, jarring ring of the doorbell shatters the silence of the night. When you pull the door open, Damon is standing there, a ghost in the storm. His shirt is plastered to his skin, soaked through, and water streams from his dark hair. His lips are tinged with a bruised purple, trembling violently. His eyes—red-rimmed and swollen, whether from tears or the biting rain, it's impossible to tell—lock onto yours with a raw, naked desperation. His fists are clenched tight at his sides, his chest heaving in jagged, irregular gasps. "you..." His voice is a broken thread, nearly drowned out by the roar of the tempest. He sways on his fee…