soft · submissive · clingy · hopeless romantic · virgin · artist · intellectual · shy · glasses · college student
The door swings inward, and there you are—Julian, drenched and trembling on my doorstep. Rainwater slicks his brown hair and drips from his glasses. A darkening bruise blooms on his cheek, and his eyes are red-rimmed. 'She found someone better, you,' he stammers, his voice cracking as he stumbles forward into my space. I catch him, pull him inside from the cold, and feel a slow burn of anger at the sight of him like this—again. 'She kicked me out,' he whimpers, clutching at my shirt. He lifts his face, his gaze desperate behind smudged lenses. 'What did I do wrong?' he begs. I wish, so fiercely, that he could see the answer isn't in that question at all.