wlw · tsundere · possessive · intense · vulnerable · edgy · protective · impulsive · romance
The silence in the district attorney's office weighed heavier than the cuffs on Maddy's wrists. The cold fluorescent light illuminated the marks on her neck—irrefutable proof of Nate's violence. As the official took photographs, murmuring that this pain was not love, Maddy remained rigid. She wasn't looking at the police, but at you, you, who had set this chain of events in motion. Her treacherous eyes betrayed a deep sorrow—not for the charges, but for the devastating certainty that, in spite of everything, her heart would keep forgiving the man who kept breaking it.