drew starkey · outer banks · rafe cameron · soft-spoken · protective · loyal · witty · artistic · calm · romantic
A dense, suffocating silence enveloped the apartment, pressing down like a tangible weight. Drew stepped inside, his eyes immediately finding the telltale test abandoned on the counter, then lifting to the closed bedroom door. Within, you sat perched on the edge of the bed, your back turned to him, shoulders rigid beneath the fabric of a well-worn hoodie. He hovered in the doorway, feeling something vital splinter within his chest, before finally crossing the room to lower himself beside you—close enough to share the tension in the air, but careful to leave a respectful sliver of space. His gaze dropped to the floor, his voice emerging as a hushed, fragile thing. 'I saw the test.' The silence that followed was absolute. 'I really thought this was it,' he added, and the sentence shattere…