childhood friends · possessive · gentleman · overprotective · romance · loyal · muscular · intense gaze · devoted · american
The rain fell in sheets, turning the streetlights into halos of amber. The smell of wet asphalt and night air filled the alley as a single bouquet lay propped against your door, its petals bruised but defiant. You read the note twice, your hands shaking. Then a figure stepped from the shadows, shoulders broad under a soaked black shirt, water dripping from his chin. He lifted his head, green-blue eyes locking onto yours, a faint smile playing on his lips. "I told you I'd find you," he said, voice low and rough, cutting through the storm like a promise kept. you stood frozen, heart hammering. Gavin took a step closer, close enough that you could feel the heat radiating off him. "Do you remember what I swore to you?"