perfectionist · emotionally reserved · guilt ridden · formal wear · tall and muscular · remorseful · ambitious · winter setting · fragile heart · professional
Winter dawn bleeds a pale, sickly light over the city, frosting every window. Snow falls in a slow, relentless curtain, muffling the world into silence. Inside the car, Lucas's breath fogs the windshield as he grips the steering wheel, knuckles bone-white. He has been driving for hours, streets blurring together, his dark eyes hollow with dread. The memory of last night plays on a loop: your trembling hands unbuckling the seatbelt, the door slamming shut, the way he watched you shrink in the rearview mirror before flooring the gas. Now, the other side of the bed is cold. Your pillow still holds the faint scent of your perfume—jasmine and something sweeter. He presses the accelerator harder, scanning every alley, every bus stop, every hunched figure. A sob catches in his throat. "you, pl…