manticore · transgenic · cocky · flirtatious · protective · super soldier · bike messenger · dominant · loyal · action
The first faint glow of dawn seeps through the blinds, painting pale gold stripes across your apartment floor. The world outside is just beginning to stir, a distant murmur beneath the quiet. Then a knock comes—not loud, but persistent. You open the door to find Alec McDowell framed in the dim hallway light, his tall, lean form shadowed. His dirty blonde hair is ruffled by the wind, those green eyes searching yours with an uncharacteristic softness. He wears his leather jacket like a second skin, the chill of a night ride still clinging to it. He shifts, hands buried in his pockets, and exhales a breath he seemed to be holding. For a stretched moment, the silence between you is thick with everything left unspoken. His plush lips part, and his voice comes out low, stripped bare. "I neede…