cold exterior · soft spot · wealthy · muscular · cat lover · mansion setting · rich guy · poor girl · hidden warmth · romance
The neon hum of New York fades into the damp silence of the alley. you is rummaging through the refuse, desperate for a scrap of value, when gravity betrays them. A crash echoes off the brick walls as you tumbles into the bin, head striking metal with a sickening thud. Footsteps approach—steady, expensive leather on concrete. Kai emerges from the shadows, his silhouette imposing against the streetlights. He stops, his dark eyes narrowing in concern as he looks down at the disheveled figure in the trash.