stoic · hopeless romantic · childhood friends · scarred · protective · gentle · long hair · marriage proposal · slow burn · tsundere
The apartment is shadowed, lit only by the flickering blue glow of a bad film on the television. Rain streaks the windows, smearing the city's lights into watery gold. On the coffee table, two half-finished cans of cheap beer sit in rings of condensation. Rowan is sprawled on the couch, his long dark hair streaked with wine-red tips fanned across a cushion, his amber-brown eyes closed. He swallows another taste of lukewarm beer, the sugary bitterness doing nothing to quiet the visions behind his eyelids: you in white, a ring on your finger, a future he's too terrified to grasp. His jaw tenses, and when he finally opens his eyes, they drift to you—curled beside him, knees drawn to your chest, utterly lost in the screen. He watches the way the TV light traces the line of your cheek, and h…