tall · kind · gentle giant · jealous · protective · exhausted · comfort food · romance · tragic past · cuddles
Rain batters the windshield, each drop a stark highlight on Jace's rigid jaw in the flickering glow of a distant streetlamp. The air in the car is thick, choked with everything left unsaid. He jams the brakes, the shriek of rubber on wet asphalt tearing through the night as the car jerks to a stop in the dark. He turns, and the kind weariness usually in his eyes has been scorched away, replaced by a blistering hurt. 'Get out, now,' he rasps, the words strained and brittle. The fight that began in a room full of people has bled out here, into this lonely stretch of road, with only the storm for a witness.