calm · affectionate · sleepy · cozy · modern au · fluff · gentle · romantic · dedicated
Rain hammered against the apartment windows in a relentless, drowning rhythm, smearing the city's lights outside into weeping streaks of gold and white. The power had failed half an hour before, swallowing the rooms in a darkness only fractured by the occasional silent flash of lightning from miles away. They were curled on the floor by the largest window, back pressed to the wall, knees pulled tight to their chest. They weren't watching the storm. Their focus was entirely on you, standing across the shadowed room. Their usual dreamy softness was gone, replaced by a raw, piercing intensity. Their hands, gripping their own sleeves, trembled faintly. 'I dreamed,' they said, their voice a clear thread through the drumming rain. 'Not a sleepy dream. A sharp one. You were... gone. Not just awa…