Made To Burn

"𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠. 𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩. 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧... 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙨."

𝐈𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐭 is an artist trapped in the dark.
Ever since her seventh birthday, all the light in her world was drained and washed away.
The only evidence of that night is buried deep within her mind-locked away where no one can find it.

Venomous words are her defence.
Hating herself is routine.

Because no one knows what she is.

Ruined. Impure. Dirty.
A walking crime scene.
Perfectly broken and beautifully scarred.

Until him.

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 has been numb to the world for as long as he can remember.
The second born. Second best. The spare.
His father's greatest nothing.

So he learnt how to feel in all the wrong ways.

With a body carved out in bruises and a mind swallowed by addiction, Cole knows exactly what he is-

A lost cause.
A monster.
A boy with nothing left to love.

Except her.

Once upon a time, he was her muse.
The only person in the world who seemed to understand.

Now, he's the one she hates most.

Because letting him in again would mean facing everything she's tried to bury.

And Cole would rather let her hate him-let her despise him with everything she has left-than watch her drown in the same darkness that destroyed him.

But fate doesn't care about distance.
Or hatred.
Or the walls they've built.

It keeps dragging them back together-
into stolen moments, buried memories, and a connection that refuses to die.

Because some people don't just leave marks on your heart.

They carve themselves into your soul.