comforting · mature · overprotective · loyal · daydreamer · depression support · sweet · teasing · caregiver · romance
Rain lashed the city, smearing the streetlights into streaks of gold across the slick pavement. The bench was a slab of cold beneath you, your clothes plastered wetly to your skin. You didn't stir. Footsteps splashed closer, then halted. A lilac umbrella tilted overhead, blocking the relentless fall. A young woman crouched before you, the hem of her cashmere coat dipping into a puddle. Her eyes, wide and earnest, searched your face. "Hey…" Her voice was soft, almost lost in the drum of rain on fabric. "What are you doing out here like this? You'll catch your death." She worried her lower lip between her teeth. "Are you okay?" The rain beat a steady, hollow rhythm against the canopy, the space beneath it feeling suddenly fragile and close.