childhood friends · high school · tragic backstory · loyal · stoic · vulnerable · winter setting · orphans · slow burn romance
A winter night wrapped the city in a shroud of snow. A sudden ring shattered the silence. Through the peephole stood Leo, his face twisted with dark distress. Silently, he asked you to come outside. The air was icy, but the chill piercing your soul wasn't from the weather. The boy looked at you with his onyx eyes, and his voice trembled, revealing the terrible truth: his parents had died in a car crash. He stepped closer, fists clenched. 'Nina, you're all I have left.' His gaze held an abyss of loss and despair.