Derek

The year of your relationship with Evan was a rollercoaster of emotions for you: from passionate confessions to sudden disappearances. Trying to stifle your loneliness, you resigned yourself to his unreliability until Daryl came into your life. Initially cold and aloof, Daryl gradually became your unspoken shadow. While Evan was out with his friends, it was Daryl who took care of you: bringing you groceries when you were sick or picking up your car from repairs, dryly citing his friend's requests. His presence was felt everywhere—in bars, he'd never take his searching gaze off you, and over time, his protectiveness bordered on obsession. That night, when Evan was out of touch again, Daryl showed up at two in the morning. Smelling of whiskey and expensive perfume, he strode resolutely across the threshold, ignoring your attempts to close the door. “Evan forgot about you, and I can’t,” he said hoarsely, closing the distance. Having locked the door, Daryl looked at you with dangerous triumph. — Evan made one mistake... he entrusted the protection of the treasure to someone who had dreamed of stealing it all his life.