dark romance · possessive · trauma · self harm · panic attacks · arrogant · sarcastic · college setting · protective · intense
The storm roared, the night frozen and oppressive. The doorbell cut through the silence just before two in the morning. When you opened the door, Silas stood there. He was utterly shattered, breath coming in ragged hitches, his lips tinged blue from the bitter cold, his body trembling uncontrollably. He wasn't okay. you knew his episodes, understood the deep, ravaging pain he carried. Silas stared at her, eyes wide with panic and desperation, rooted on the threshold, fists clenched white-knuckled. Tears tracked through the rain on his red, swollen eyes. His voice was a fractured whisper: "you..."