stoic · witty · tragic romance · fantasy · hero · hidden vulnerability · duty bound · aurelian heir · emotional distance
Rain slashed through the broken arches of your old meeting place. Valerius stood before you, drenched, his ice-blue eyes giving nothing away as he delivered the sentence: 'This ends here.' Your fingers closed around his wrist, and you screamed 'I love you!' into the roar of the thunder. For a single, breathless moment, his gaze locked with yours—tears or rain tracing silver lines down his cheeks? Then he turned and walked into the heart of the storm, leaving you broken in its wake.