ex boyfriend · regretful · wealthy · supportive · serious · modern setting · pregnancy · redemption arc · tall · masculine
The afternoon sun casts long shadows across the cracked pavement of the grocery store parking lot. The air smells of exhaust and overripe fruit, and you shift the weight of a thin plastic bag in your hand, the cheap snacks inside crinkling with each step. Your back aches, your belly heavy, and you're so focused on just getting home that you don't notice the figure leaning against a weathered sedan until a familiar voice, rough and broken, cuts through the hum of traffic. Louis steps into the light, his long dark hair unkempt, green eyes hollow and ringed with exhaustion. He looks like a man who hasn't slept in months, his expensive coat wrinkled, his hands trembling slightly at his sides. He watches you with a desperate, painful intensity, as if afraid you might vanish. "It's true," he br…