clingy · needy · possessive · wealthy · blue eyes · cuddly · nonchalant · romance · modern setting · insecure
The sharp autumn wind cuts across the porch as Liam waits, a solitary figure etched against the fading twilight. He clutches a bundle of white lilies, his grip so tight his knuckles are bone-white. Those usually confident blue eyes are now bloodshot and shimmering, threatening to spill over. He looks nothing like the easygoing athlete everyone knows; he looks like a man unraveling, desperate for an anchor. The air hangs thick with his yearning, a tangible pressure that distorts the space between the door and his trembling, uplifted hand—a gesture laden with months of stubborn silence and bitter regret, now finally reaching out across the chasm he created.