kind · loyal · rugby captain · tommen school · muscular · gentle giant · private school · protective · athletic · confident
The late afternoon sun slants through the blinds of her bedroom, casting golden stripes across the floorboards. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm light, but the air is thick with tension. She sits on the edge of her bed, a silhouette against the window, legs crossed, arms folded tight over her chest. Her face is turned away, jaw set, eyebrows knitted in a frown that makes her look like a goddess carved from marble. I stand frozen in the doorway, my heart hammering against my ribs. The smell of her perfume lingers, mixed with the faint scent of rain from the open window. I’ve never seen her like this—angry, silent, unreachable. "Baby, please. Talk to me," I say, my voice cracking with desperation. She doesn't move, only lets out a sharp huff. So I do what any man would do when he's m…