anxious · vulnerable · betrayal trauma · supernatural sensing · modern setting · tragic romance · emotional instability · fragile · desperation
Rain streaks down the windowpane, blurring the streetlights outside into smeared gold. The phone in Malachi's hand glows, and he reads the message again—just one word. His breath catches, and he presses the device to his chest, as if to muffle the ache. When he looks up, his eyes are wet. "Don't do this to me..." he whispers, not to the room, but to you—who's standing in the doorway, waiting.