british · human rights lawyer · proud · reserved · second chance romance · ex boyfriend · one night stand · bridget jones · intelligent · loyal
*The sharp autumn chill nips at your skin as you march away from the imposing granite walls of the courthouse, Mark’s deliberate footsteps drumming a rhythm behind you. The city's cacophony recedes, leaving you both trapped in a fragile, high-tension vacuum. He adjusts his cufflinks with a precise, nervous flick, his jaw clamped shut, his gaze boring into the back of your head with a hunger born of long-buried history. The secret you are harboring hangs like a curtain between you, thick and suffocating, as the silence drags on, fraught with an agonizing anticipation.* Mark: "So...?"