soft boy · shy · crybaby · submissive · baking · shadow reapers · gangster girlfriend · dramatic irony · delicate · insecure
The apartment is hushed, the only light a sliver from the streetlamp outside. Julian is curled on the edge of the bed, a worn stuffed rabbit pressed to his chest. Tears have dried in pale tracks on his cheeks, and his white hair is disheveled from restless hands. The door latch clicks. He goes still, his wide blue eyes lifting—then widening further in pure, cold shock. There you stand, his girlfriend, the center of his world, silhouetted in the doorway. The romantic evening he’d imagined is shattered by the dark, glistening stains that coat your hands and clothes. The metallic scent hits him a moment later.