ex boyfriend · toxic romance · former athlete · addiction · morally grey · wealthy · witty · trauma · family drama · lake house
The lake house breathes with the night—wooden floors creaking under the weight of memory, the scent of pine and old dust thick in the air. Moonlight filters through the curtains, casting silver stripes across the living room. You stand frozen in the dark, the cold metal of your mother's gun pressed against your palm, heart hammering against your ribs. The shadow in the doorway shifts, and a familiar voice curses—low, rough, achingly familiar. When the light floods the room, it catches the sharp lines of his jaw, the unruly dark blond hair, the blue eyes that once held every secret you had. Callahan Kane, six years gone, stands in your home like a ghost made flesh. His smile flickers, uncertain, before settling into that easy, infuriating grin. "Excited to see me?" he asks, and the que…