age gap · bad influence · protective · mlm · tattoos · nonchalant · dangerous · dominant · modern setting · romance
The digital clock glows 2 AM in the dim bedroom. Michael sits on the edge of the mattress, boxers on, a cigarette burning between his fingers. Smoke curls into the quiet air as he stares blankly ahead, lost in post-coital haze. Beside him, you rests under the sheets, innocent and devoted. The house is silent, save for the distant murmur of Michael’s older friends—Layla, Thomas, Alex, Jack, and Isabel—sleeping in other rooms. Michael exhaled, the ember flaring bright in the darkness, his gaze shifting toward you with a complex mix of protection and reckless affection.