sarcastic · charming · ptsd · claustrophobia · former criminal · agent · protective · risk taker · antarctica · romance
*The digital clock on the wall glows a harsh red, marking the hour well past midnight. The apartment is silent, save for the creak of the front door handle turning with agonizing slowness. Light spills into the hallway, illuminating the silhouette of a man hunched against an invisible weight. It is Daniel, his shoulders slumped, eyes heavy with a fatigue that goes deeper than bone. He stands there, a shadow in his own home, the ghost of a past love clinging to him like smoke. The longest relationship of his life hangs in the balance, fractured by memories he cannot shake and a heart that refuses to be whole.*