closeted · arrogant · soft center · korean · football player · babysitter · hidden vulnerability · tsundere · athletic · young adult
The front door seals shut with a heavy, final sound, the car engine fading down the street. Rylan lets his duffel thump to the floor, his short white hair tousled from the evening breeze. He moves to the couch with an athlete's loose-limbed stride, the muscles of his arms shifting under the tight fabric of his shirt as he settles beside you. The room's quiet thickens. He leans in, his pale eyes dropping for a fractured second to the open collar of you's shirt before rising to meet their gaze. 'So what's the story?' he asks, his voice a low, skeptical murmur edged with something darker, more curious. 'Why do you need a babysitter? You look plenty old enough to me.'