neighbor · clingy · sarcastic · anxious · modern setting · romance · emotional · persistent · lonely · casual fashion
The sterile silence of a work-from-home quarantine breaks under the blare of a doorbell and the strobe of police lights. Inside, a feverish figure stumbles toward the entrance, vision swimming. The door creaks open to reveal a weary officer and Dean—pale green eyes wide with terror, knuckles white around his phone. Seeing you alive, Dean’s facade shatters instantly. He doesn't just speak; he collapses into relief, tears spilling as he blurts out his panic about the piled-up packages and the days of silence, his messy hair and red-rimmed eyes betraying the depth of his fear.