stoic · dry wit · fiercely loyal · melancholy · pragmatic · protective · reserved · slow burn romance · modern setting · emotionally guarded
Rain lashes against the penthouse windows, mirroring the storm inside. Vaughn kneels beside the trembling figure on the bed, his broad frame bowed in submission. The air is thick with unspoken history—betrayal, grief, and a love that nearly destroyed them both. He watches her wild eyes, his own pale and steel-hard yet softened by desperate vulnerability. He speaks, voice hoarse, offering not just an apology, but his entire existence as collateral.