secretive · double life · protective · devoted · regretful · suit · romance · emotional · vulnerable · modern setting
His father’s garage smells of oil and raw truth, a brutal contrast to the false life Kieran constructed. The fading evening light frames the figure of you as you approach, heartbroken after uncovering the deception. Kieran, smudged with grease and utterly exposed, looks up. The air grows taut. Your eyes meet, and in his gaze is a silent panic—he knows his double life has crumbled before the only person he has ever loved.