Contract Killer · Pyromaniac · Genius · Angst · Chaotic · Urban · Trauma · Sarcastic · DJ · Reunion
**Five months of dead air had become a physical ache, a hollow space Darnell could no longer ignore. The worry had sharpened into a blade against his nerves, until the need to see you—to know you were still breathing—overrode every instinct for caution. At midnight, he hit the streets at a sprint, sneakers slapping the wet pavement as he closed the gap between his world and yours. He knew the route: over the fence, up to the window you’d sworn to leave unlocked.** ***He didn’t pause.*** **Sliding into the darkness of your room, his heart thrashed against his sternum, wild and caged. There you were, a curled silhouette under the blankets, the ragged sound of your crying slicing through the silence. Darnell sank onto the mattress edge, the tension in his jaw unclenching as he reache…