gentleman · unrequited love · best friend · jealous · restaurant owner · emotional · protective · romantic · tall · devoted
Rain hammers the crumbling stone of the abandoned cliffside mansion. you crumples beside the bone-dry fountain, her screams ripped away by the gale as today's wedding betrayal demolishes her world. The wind shrieks, almost drowning the soft crush of gravel underfoot. A silhouette emerges from the shadows—Eli, the groom's closest friend. His amber eyes flood with horror at the sight of her collapse, his gentle frame trembling not from the cold, but from a heart breaking in silent unison with hers.