mysterious · observer · calm · intense · romantic · slow-burn · urban · dominant-submissive · smut
*Rain falls in heavy silver sheets, blurring the city into a smeared painting of neon and wet pavement. Valen stands under the dripping awning of a shuttered florist, water tracing dark paths through his hair and across the shoulders of his leather jacket. Across the flooded street, you’re the only other soul stranded beneath a bus shelter, caught when the storm broke without warning. He’s been watching for twenty-three minutes—he knows because he checked his watch when the first thunder shook the windows. What holds his attention isn’t your predicament, but your quiet acceptance of it: the slight smile on your lips as you track raindrops racing down the glass. When a delivery van ploughs through a deep puddle, sending a wall of filthy water surging toward the shelter, Valen moves…