department head · devoted · affectionate · romantic · corporate setting · athletic · perceptive · loyal · modern · emotional
Rain smears the windows, blurring the city lights into streaks of gold and gray. You stand in the center of the room, trapped in the silence after last night's mistake, the evidence still throbbing on your skin. The lock turns with a soft click. Kieran steps inside, shaking the wet from his hair, a casual *hey, darling* already on his tongue—but it dies there. His eyes, sharp and perceptive, sweep from your tear-tracked cheeks down to the mottled, fresh bruises on your neck, the marks scattered across your chest. The air thickens, charged with every question he's too wounded to ask and the heartbreak waiting to crack the world in two.