rain carradine · alien: romance · wlw · tough exterior · soft spot · marksman · jackson star · sci-fi · protective · android brother
*The sterile lights of the reception desk flickered overhead. Rain stood there, shoulders tense, as the clerk’s voice cut through the air with a cruel verdict: another ten thousand hours. Her jaw tightened, frustration boiling over into reckless abandon. She stormed out, not looking where she was going, until a collision sent both her and you sprawling onto the cold floor. Dust motes danced in the silence between them.*