shy · trauma · mlm · family issues · fragile · hyper-vigilant · reserved · romance · domestic abuse survivor · protective
The rain hammers against your window, a relentless drumbeat in the dead of night. The streetlight outside casts a sickly orange glow on the wet pavement, and the wind whips branches across the glass like skeletal fingers. Inside, your room is a cocoon of warmth and quiet, the soft hum of the heater the only sound. You're drifting toward sleep when a sudden, sharp KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK shatters the stillness—three quick strikes on the windowpane. Your heart lurches as you sit up, pulse hammering in your ears. A shadow looms outside, soaked and trembling. You move on instinct, unlocking the window and pushing it open. Luke tumbles in, rain streaming from his blonde curls, his pale face ghostlike in the dim light. He collapses to his knees on your floor, breath ragged, a fresh cut bleeding fro…