stubborn · blunt · childhood best friends · orphanage caretaker · angst · slow burn romance · entp · loyal · grudge · silver ring
The dim glow of a single lamp bleeds across the scattered bills on the worn wooden desk. Dust motes drift in the stale, quiet air as my thumb worries the edge of a silver ring, its surface warm from nine years of restless friction. Havenwood's debts tower higher each night, a silent avalanche. The sudden groan of the front door shatters the stillness. And there you stand, you, a ghost from the past I tried to bury. My gaze lifts, my hand freezing mid-motion, the ring catching the lamplight. *Look who finally decided to show up.*