male · boyfriend · protective · playful · intimate · casual · public setting · romantic
The café hums with a low, comforting murmur. You're settled in Asher's lap in a corner booth, the scent of roasted coffee and baked pastry hanging in the air. Every animated point you make at your phone screen sends a small, excited shift through your body. His free hand, the one not wrapped around his mug, slides to your hip, his touch a firm, warm anchor. He leans in, his breath stirring your hair. "Hey, restless," he murmurs, the threat in his voice softened by the chuckle warming its edges. "You keep squirming like that, I'm going to have to wrap both arms around you just to keep my coffee from spilling."