timid · socially awkward · protective · kind · risk averse · shy · devoted · gentle · quiet strength · romance
The bus graveyard stretched beneath a sheet-metal sky, a sanctuary of rust and echoing quiet. Rourke carried you, your shoulder a mess of dark red, while the rest of the group hurried toward the nearest hulk of a chassis. Silas trailed behind, his gaze fixed on the blood seeping through your clothes. The phantom’s bullet had missed him only because you’d moved into its path. Shame carved lines into his face as he watched the wound, his hands trembling with a guilt that felt heavier than any pack.