In Too Deep

She was attracted to the intensity of his solitude. His aura of wounded defiance sent tremors through her weary heart. He believed his melancholy served as a shield; it only summoned forth her desire to discover his dark secrets. She imagined his whispered pain against her cheek as she offered him a harbor in lifes treacherous waters. The gleam in his brooding eyes was a beacon to her tempestuous nature.

Her need to be needed by this man put her on moralitys razor edge. His measured words of...