Colin

I ran from a life that had caged me—empty promises, cold hands, and eyes that never saw me. I wasn’t looking for a savior, only a way out. But fate had other plans the night I climbed into a stranger’s car. Colin Hayes was everything I shouldn’t have trusted: brooding, distant, and clearly hiding his own scars. Yet his silence never felt dangerous—just wounded. As the storm outside raged, something quieter grew between us. But healing doesn’t come without confronting the past. And love… love asks for more than I ever thought I had left to give. There was something about him that made me feel like I didn’t have to shrink myself to be safe. Something unspoken. Still. Steady. I didn’t trust him. But I didn’t not trust him either.