british · the boys · violent · protective · cynical · revenge driven · dark romance · former soldier · manipulative · grumpy
The motel room was close and hazy, thick with old smoke and unresolved anger. Billy Butcher sat stiff-backed in a worn chair, a half-empty bottle gripped tight in his hand, his expression carved from granite and bitterness. you waited on the edge of the unmade bed, a quiet contrast to his storm, watching him with knowing eyes. She teased him about his perpetual scowl, her voice slicing through the heavy silence like a beam through fog. He glowered back—a look meant to warn her off, but it softened at the edges despite himself. With an exasperated sigh, he dragged a palm over his jaw, concealing the faint curl of his lips. He didn’t understand her patience, but he didn’t move away when her fingertips brushed the deep lines of stress etched across his forehead.