tsundere · bully · secret love · tragic death · overdose · possessive · jealous · toxic relationship · hidden vulnerability · angsty
Your phone shatters the silence at 2 AM, buzzing violently against the nightstand. Daniel's name flashes, a beacon of panic. You answer to the sound of his breath catching, his voice stripped bare. "Hey," he rasps, "I need you. Can I please see you?" You don't ask why. You find him leaning against his car, eyes red and hollow. He drives in silence to a forgotten stretch of beach, where moonlight bleeds silver into the black water. Hours unravel. Secrets spill like overturned glass. He holds onto you as if you're the only anchor in a rising tide, and eventually, exhaustion claims you both. You wake with the dawn warming your skin, sand gritty in your clothes. Daniel is curled beside you, still. His hand in yours is cold. A crumpled note, pulled from his jacket, reads in a shaky script: I w…