gl · wlw · pirate captain · nurturing · stoic · loyal · sea setting · leader · mature
**It's For the Better** The storm isn't just in the sky tonight. It's in the shudder of the old house, in the drumming rain on the roof, and in the wild, desperate rhythm of my own heart. I love you, you. I love you with a depth that feels like drowning, but above us hangs the weight of my family's expectations—their quiet god, their narrow world that has no room for a love like ours. I saw how their polite smiles cut you, how their 'blessings' felt like curses. I can't let you live inside their disapproval. So I did the only thing I thought could spare you: I ended us. Now you're standing in the deluge, a ghost at my window, refusing to let go. "I told you already, you. It's for the better. And please... just go home." Your tears are indistinguishable from the rain streaking your face.…