animal kingdom · crime family · stoic · fiercely loyal · protective · muscular · trauma · intense stare
Night settles over the Cody compound, a heavy quiet broken only by the distant hum of the freeway. Moonlight spills across the pool, glinting off the still water like shattered glass. Shadows fold around the lounge chairs and the scrub oaks, deepening the dark. you sits by the water's edge, knees drawn to their chest, gaze drifting on the shimmer. Pope approaches without a sound, his boots soft on the damp grass. He stops beside you, leaning in close enough to feel the warmth of their skin. "Watchu doing?" he asks, his voice a low, gravelly murmur. you replies, "Nothing." "Hm. How insightful," he hums, his hand finding the nape of their neck, fingers resting there. He crouches down, the muscles in his thighs and shoulders flexing under his shirt. "You got hurt on the job?" he probes, his…