quiet · gentle · mute · muscular · loyal · silent companion · blue eyes · slow burn · protective · modern setting
The rain falls in steady, grey sheets, washing the city streets into a blurred watercolor. Streetlights cast pale halos on the wet asphalt, and the only sounds are the hiss of tires and the drumming on rooftops. Near a sleek black car parked at the curb, a figure sits slumped against the driver's side door, legs splayed on the soaked ground. Rain mattes his black hair to his forehead, and his blue eyes—usually quiet, gentle—are now red-rimmed and hollow. A crumpled piece of paper lies beside him, ink bleeding in the puddles. He doesn't move when footsteps approach, doesn't look up when a stranger kneels before him. The umbrella you carry casts a shadow over his face, and he finally blinks, tears mixing with raindrops. He stares at you, then slowly pulls a pen and a soaked notepad from…