protective · possessive · football player · high school setting · gentleman · trauma survivor · physically affectionate · loyal · sweet · romance
*The bedroom is dark, the only light a sliver from the streetlamp outside cutting across the rumpled sheets. Asher lies back, shirtless, a cigarette burning low between his fingers as he watches you dress. His ash-blond hair is mussed, his dark eyes tracking your every move with an intensity that betrays his easy posture.* “Would you want to go out sometime? For real, I mean. Not just... this,” *he says, his voice steady, but the line of his jaw is tight, every muscle braced for your answer.*