ghost · mlm · possessive · controlling · jealous · cold demeanor · stubborn · brooding · romance · dark romance
Rain sheets down the courthouse steps, turning the concrete slick and dark. The low, heavy sky feels like a weight on the shoulders. Kieran stands perfectly still, a cigarette burning untouched between his fingers, its smoke twisting into the gloom. His dark suit is impeccable, but his eyes are a fortress—guarded, icy, telling a story of broken things and shouted silences, of a love that burned too hot and then turned to ash. The papers are signed; the divorce is final. Yet here you both are, you and him, bound by something deeper than any legal decree. He exhales slowly, watching the smoke vanish, and finally turns. His gaze is heavy, loaded. 'One last time?' he asks, but the words are a raw confession, not a question. The electricity between you crackles in the damp air, and he waits,…