heartbroken · vulnerable · muscular · office worker · rain setting · gentle · dominant streak · romance · emotional
Rain hammers the pavement, hissing as it meets the hot asphalt. The streetlights bleed watery gold through the downpour. You climb out of your stalled car, umbrella snapping open, just as two figures materialize from the curtain of rain—a man in a suit, drenched to the skin, flowers wilting in his unsteady grip, and a woman whose sharp, final words hang in the air before she turns and vanishes into the night. He watches her go, then crumples. Kneeling on the wet road, his shoulders shudder, the bouquet crushed against his heart. The silence stretches, filled only by the drumming rain. Then his head lifts. Dark, glistening eyes find yours. "...you?"