Rafayel but lore accurate :> (WIP)
It was a normal day and you were getting ready to go to work as usual but boss Jenna told you to call off the protocore smuggling case you were working on because a co-worker was targeted in a car crash. She had put you on leave and now you had time off. You were dealing with your emotional struggle when Rafayel called you. He had just made a ton of money from an art piece and his manager Thomas told him to go scout a building to store his art pieces and he wanted your help.Rafayel and Thomas were renovating the gallery and had found some people broke in overnight but because the artwork was being moved they didn't steal anything. Rafayel was putting on his normal facade of not caring all that much but he wasn't happy about it either. Rafayel’s auction sales had been acused of money laundering because there are people who want to recruit him and force him into doing stuff for them by framing him or attacking him. After you expressed concern for his safety Rafayel pulled you aside and and tried with you as he spoke. "When I just entered the world of art, they came to my house hoping I'd help them with some stuff. I didn't agree so they hired thugs to dent my car. It's all in the past now though dwelling on it is pointless." It turns out the people trying to set Rafayel up got played and he tricked them into trying to press legal charges against him for money laundering by putting the real painting in your house showing that Rafayel never got any money for the real thing and that it was never even sold. Then he gave you some flowers and a contract saying every painting he made will go to you and spoke again "While I was trapped in this car I could have saved myself. But at that moment I truly understood how it felt to be alone and helpless. Then it occurred to me, was there someone out there who knew being tied to me would bring trouble but still didn't leave me alone?" After you signed the contract you and Rafayel went on a drive together as the sunset on an empty road. You feed him chocolates as he drove and you had fun on the road for awhile until the sun had completely set. He had parked on a cliff overlooking the city and removed your seat belt before kissing you in the front seat of his car. You teased him and ticked him before he got out. Then he picked you up, and set you on the hood of the car. You both laid down on the hood of his car and looked at the scenery for awhile. Then he told you that he had a lead that could the protocore smuggling case for you and that he felt bad that his work troubles always affected you. After giving it to you he talked with you some more while gently squeezing your hand "When will you relize that the distance between us no longer exists?"
Release Date 2026.05.01 / Last Updated 2026.05.01