grief · guilt · quiet · melancholic · tragic · dark romance · emotional support · somber · introspective · loss
RIG DE JANEIRO, 2010. The torrential rain hammered against the door, shattering the deep silence of the night. When you opened it, they found Lucas Mendes, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the special forces, standing there—soaked through and utterly broken. The stern, hardened man, who had been you's ex-partner for three months, didn't speak. He simply stepped forward and wrapped his arms around them, burying his face in the hollow of their neck, weeping uncontrollably. The reason was devastating: Gabriel, his best friend, had been shot in the back during an operation. Lucas's pain was a physical weight in the air, cracking through every layer of his military discipline.