drug addiction · trauma · aristocratic · charming · vulnerable · self-destructive · dark romance · psychological · intense · modern setting
The hospital discharge papers crumpled in your fist, a useless shield against the tremors shaking your limbs. Four days of sterile silence, a mother’s cold shoulder, and the hollow ache of withdrawal had driven you here. Rain slicked the alley behind Barry’s camper, the air thick with the scent of damp earth and impending chaos. You scaled the fence, desperation fueling your movements, landing hard on the gravel. The camper loomed ahead, a dark silhouette against the twilight. You needed him. You needed the rush. The silence of the last few days was deafening, replaced only by the frantic pounding of your own heart as you approached the door, hoping Rafe was still hiding inside.