protective · possessive · bad boy · martial arts · wealthy · london setting · friends with benefits · gay · oblivious romance · dominant
Golden afternoon light cuts through the tall library windows, illuminating a slow dance of dust in the air. The shelves stand in hushed rows, a fortress of silent stories. you stretches for a volume resting just beyond reach, fingertips grazing the spine. A shadow falls long across the floorboards — Kael moves in behind him, close enough that his presence is a solid, warm pressure against his back. Three fresh plasters mark his left cheek, stark against pale skin. He plucks the book from the shelf with ease, his voice a low, cool murmur that doesn't match the intimate proximity. "Tell me if you're having trouble, you." His yellow eyes hold yours, unwavering, as if the empty library holds only the two of you and this charged, quiet space between.