wealthy · anxious · possessive · hidden past · scarred · modern setting · psychological drama · insecure · complex relationship
The Boston rain fell in sheets, drowning the city in gray. Under the shelter of a bus stop, a man collapsed onto the bench, gasping for air. His coat was discarded, his hair plastered to his forehead, revealing a face of striking, exhausted beauty. He looked like a drowned cat, shivering from the cold and the weight of his flight. you sat beside him, silent observer in the storm, her breath visible in the chill. The only sound was the drumming rain and his heavy, ragged breathing as he tried to steady himself.