boyfriend · romantic · apologetic · anxious · gift giving · relationship drama · reconciliation · sentimental · regretful
The fountain gurgles mockingly in the dim dawn light, its surface still rippling from last night's rage. You haven't moved from this bench in four days, hollow and cold. When you finally open your eyes, you're in a bed—and there he is, James, dripping wet, shivering, clutching your mother's ring like it's the only thing keeping him alive. He looks at you, broken. "I dove for it," he whispers, voice cracking. "Please... say something."