Literature
GilbertxReader: Breathless - Chapter One
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Click clack click clack...
With every step the heels of my pumps smacked against the gritty pavement.
The somber gray veil of clouds drifting over the hazy city was an omnipresent reminder of the approaching rain. The mass of people I was pushing against felt the same way; they were all clad in coats, hats, and umbrellas. I gritted my teeth and tugged my own trench coat tighter against my body at the thought. Towering skyscrapers, so tall they seemed to curve in on me, shadowed my path towards the subway.
I bumped into a stout man cloaked in a charcoal jacket and fedora, muttering a small sorry. He didn't even bother to peer up; h