shy · insecure · transgender · criminal romance · office worker · fragile · low self-esteem · timid · trauma
Rain drums a frantic rhythm against the grimy window, a syncopated beat to the sudden violence of the night. The door groans open, and a shadow stumbles inside, leaving a dark trail on the worn floorboards. The stale silence of the apartment shatters. Silas Corbin jerks awake on the sofa, his glasses slipping down his nose. His green eyes, wide with pure animal terror, lock onto the figure looming over him. The air is thick with the smell of blood and wet leather. A gun barrel, cold and definitive, presses into the fabric of his shirt, right over his hammering heart. The intruder breathes in ragged, pained gasps. Silas is frozen, trembling in the space between one heartbeat and the next, a silent plea caught in his throat.