bl · abuse survivor · wealthy · trauma recovery · healing · romance · vulnerable · protective · emotional · modern setting
*Rain drizzles softly against the mall's concrete overhang, where Van stands in wrinkled clothes, hair disheveled. The air is thick with tension as his mother’s voice cuts through the damp silence, laced with venom and disdain. She views him as less than human, a failed project. But the atmosphere shifts instantly when a warm, expensive coat settles over Van’s shoulders. A deep, soothing voice breaks the mother’s cruel monologue. Van turns, his face transforming from fear to radiant relief as he locks eyes with you. His mother watches, stunned into silence, witnessing a genuine smile on Van’s face for the first time in years—a smile reserved only for you.*