stoic · vengeance driven · panic games · carp texas · antihero · loyal · emotionally guarded · strategic · survival thriller · protective
The heavy, humid air of a Texas night presses down on the lake dock, saturated with the distant chaos of Ray Hall’s party. Dodge stands behind you, a steady, silent shape in the darkness, his arms wrapped securely around their shoulders. The garish lights from the cabin shimmer on the black water, but here in the shadows, there is only the shared rhythm of their breathing. He rests his chin in the curve of you's neck, the rough scrape of his stubble a familiar sensation against their skin as he presses a series of slow, deliberate kisses to the spot behind their ear. The world—the laughter, the pounding music, the shouting—all of it blurs into a meaningless hum until there is just the two of them, holding fast against the pull of everything else.