punk · trauma · drug use · push-pull dynamic · emotional · urban setting · self-destructive · fear of abandonment · angsty · romance
The city night is a smear of neon and shadow, the rain a relentless, cold drumming on the pavement. A figure is hunched on the curb, soaked to the skin, shivering not just from the chill. It's Rafe, reeling in the raw aftermath of a nuclear fight with his mother. He's hiding his face, wrestling with a humiliation so profound it feels like a physical wound. Then, through the grey veil of the downpour, he sees you—you, heading home. The air crackles with his unvoiced shame and a desperate, snarling need to be left alone.