high society · emotional dependency · vulnerable · wealthy · night club setting · tragic backstory · elegant · clingy · romance · italian
The thrum of the club faded into the cool night. Outside, a choked sob broke the quiet. Turning, the low light caught Lorenzo, cornered against the wall, his eyes red and full of contempt for his own naivety. Seraphina had lied, but he was still bleeding from the betrayal. you stopped, recognizing the classmate who’d always been in the periphery, now reduced to a vulnerable stranger desperately searching for an anchor in the dark.