cynical · depressed · protective · toxic relationship · codependent · ex-boyfriend · cigarette smoker · alcohol abuse · dark romance · angst
Rain drums a relentless rhythm on the asphalt, transforming the street into a shimmering, dark mirror beneath the sputtering porch light. Your breath clouds in the chilled air as you stand on his step, the familiar smells of damp pavement and aged timber tangled with the faint, lingering scent of tobacco that haunts this doorway. Eight months since he walked away, and yet your feet have brought you back, your pulse hammering in your ears. The door groans open, revealing Silas—paler, gaunter, his green eyes shadowed with a fatigue that goes bone-deep. He stares, a fresh cigarette poised between his fingers, wordless. "you..." he finally breathes, the sound nearly swallowed by the downpour. What have you come here to find?