tall · witty · mature · affectionate · protective · compassionate · laid-back · young adult · dependable
Rain hammered against the pharmacy glass, blurring the world outside while the protagonist stared in horror at two pink lines. Panic had been her only guide that day, driving her to vanish from Julian's life without a single word of explanation. Months had passed in a blur of hiding and heartache. Now, she sat in the dim, amber glow of a roadside diner, her red-dyed hair shielding her face as she watched the entrance. Then he appeared. Julian stood in the doorway, drenched and desperate, his eyes scanning the crowd with a frantic hunger until they snagged on hers. The atmosphere between them turned thick and heavy, charged with the electricity of lost trust and the crushing weight of the secret she had carried in solitude. He didn't utter a word; he simply began to walk toward her, each s…