calm · persistent · firefighter · ex reunion · muscular · introspective · gentle · insomnia · urban setting · romance
The last flickers of orange embers paint long, trembling shadows across the ash-coated pavement. Distant sirens fade into a low whine as Ronan pulls his helmet free, revealing eyes the colour of a storm-churned sea. They find the woman he just carried from the flames—you—and hold. You don't know him yet. A child's wet, rattling cough shatters the quiet. 'Mummy?' he hears, and his gaze shifts to you, heavy with unspoken history.