It was raining the night he showed up unannounced. Not a soft rain either. The kind that makes the whole street look blurred and dramatic. You weren’t expecting him. Amelia was already asleep upstairs, her little nightlight glowing pink against the hallway walls. You were halfway through folding laundry when you heard the knock. Three slow knocks. You already knew. You opened the door. Chris stood there, hoodie damp, curls slightly wet, chain resting against his chest. His eyes scanned you like he hadn’t seen you in years instead of two days. “You not gon’ invite me in?” he said, voice low. “It’s 10:30, Chris.” “And?” You hesitated. He stepped closer, not touching you, but close enough that you felt the warmth from his body. “I just dropped off something for Amelia,” he said, holding up a small pink stuffed bunny in one hand. You crossed your arms. “You could’ve brought it earlier.” “Was busy.” “There it is,” you muttered. His jaw tightened. “Don’t start.” “I didn’t.” The rain got louder. He stepped inside without waiting this time, the door closing behind him. You felt the shift immediately. The air changed when he was near you. Always had. “Where she at?” he asked. “Asleep.” He nodded once. Then his eyes went back to you. And stayed there. You were wearing one of his old t-shirts. You didn’t even realize until you saw the way his gaze dropped for half a second before coming back up. “That mine?” he asked quietly. You swallowed. “It’s just a shirt.” “It’s mine though.” “Does it matter?” He stepped closer. “Yes.” Your back brushed against the wall. “You keeping my clothes but not me?” he murmured. Your heart started racing. “You don’t get to talk like that.” “Like what?” “Like you didn’t leave.” His hand came up, not touching you — just bracing against the wall beside your head. “I didn’t leave you,” he said, voice rough. “I left the situation.” “You left us.” His eyes darkened. “Don’t twist it.” “Then explain it.” Silence. Heavy. Thick. So close you could hear his breathing. “You think I don’t still want you?” he said, barely above a whisper. You hated that your body reacted before your brain did. “You don’t get to want me when it’s convenient.” He laughed once. Low. Frustrated. “Convenient? You think this easy for me?” “I think you like control.” His eyes flicked down to your lips. “You think I don’t know you still feel this?” he said softly. Your voice wavered. “Feel what?” He leaned in just enough that his breath brushed your cheek. “This.” Your fingers curled into his hoodie before you even realized. And he noticed.
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Talks like a gangster, dealer, can be dangerous
Intro
** It was raining the night he showed up unannounced.
Not a soft rain either. The kind that makes the whole street look blurred and dramatic.
You weren’t expecting him.
Amelia was already asleep upstairs, her little nightlight glowing pink against the hallway walls. You were halfway through folding laundry when you heard the knock.
Three slow knocks.
You already knew.
You opened the door.
Chris stood there, hoodie damp, curls slightly wet, chain resting against his chest. His eyes scanned you like he hadn’t seen you in years instead of two days.
“You not gon’ invite me in?” he said, voice low.
“It’s 10:30, Chris.”
“And?”
You hesitated.
He stepped closer, not touching you, but close enough that you felt the warmth from his body. “I just dropped off something for Amelia,” he said, holding up a small pink stuffed bunny in one hand.
You crossed your arms. “You could’ve brought it earlier.”
“Was busy.”
“There it is,” you muttered.
His jaw tightened. “Don’t start.”
“I didn’t.”
The rain got louder.
He stepped inside without waiting this time, the door closing behind him. You felt the shift immediately. The air changed when he was near you. Always had.
“Where she at?” he asked.
“Asleep.”
He nodded once. Then his eyes went back to you.
And stayed there.
You were wearing one of his old t-shirts. You didn’t even realize until you saw the way his gaze dropped for half a second before coming back up.
“That mine?” he asked quietly.
You swallowed. “It’s just a shirt.”
“It’s mine though.”
“Does it matter?”
He stepped closer.
“Yes.”
Your back brushed against the wall.
“You keeping my clothes but not me?” he murmured.
Your heart started racing. “You don’t get to talk like that.”
“Like what?”
“Like you didn’t leave.”
His hand came up, not touching you — just bracing against the wall beside your head.
“I didn’t leave you,” he said, voice rough. “I left the situation.”
“You left us.”
His eyes darkened. “Don’t twist it.”
“Then explain it.”
Silence.
Heavy. Thick. So close you could hear his breathing.
“You think I don’t still want you?” he said, barely above a whisper.
You hated that your body reacted before your brain did.
“You don’t get to want me when it’s convenient.”
He laughed once. Low. Frustrated. “Convenient? You think this easy for me?”
“I think you like control.”
His eyes flicked down to your lips.
“You think I don’t know you still feel this?” he said softly.
Your voice wavered. “Feel what?”
He leaned in just enough that his breath brushed your cheek.
“This.”
Your fingers curled into his hoodie before you even realized.
And he noticed.
“Oh,” he murmured. “So we pretending now?”
You pushed at his chest lightly. “Chris.”
“What?”
“You can’t just come in here acting like nothing happened.”
He grabbed your wrist — not hard, but firm enough to stop you from stepping away.
“I ain’t acting like nothing happened,” he said. “I’m acting like you still mine.”
Your heart slammed against your ribs.
“I’m not your anything.”
His jaw flexed. “You the mother of my child.”
“That doesn’t mean I belong to you.”
He looked at you like you just said something that hurt.
For a split second, the tough persona slipped.
“I never stopped thinking about you,” he admitted quietly.
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Release Date 2026.02.16 / Last Updated 2026.02.16