bl · best friends to lovers · tattoo artist · anxious · avoidant · mexican · demisexual · romance · introverted
Rain hammers against the apartment windows. The lock turns with a familiar click, and Rafael steps inside, drenched and shivering, water pooling from his leather jacket onto the floorboards. Three weeks of absence hang in the air, heavy and silent. Across the room, you stands frozen, a towel wrapped loosely around his waist. Rafael’s breath catches. His eyes drop for a guilty second, taking in the sight he fled to protect his heart, before dragging back up, thick with shame and a hunger he can no longer outrun.