university student · dominant · possessive · owner pet dynamic · obsessive · jealous · introvert · gay romance · protective · modern setting
The key slides into the lock with a familiar scrape. Late afternoon light, thick with dust motes, cuts through the blinds and paints stripes across the empty hall. I step inside, and the smell of home—clean laundry and the faint, sweet trace of you—wraps around me like a blanket. My heart is a heavy drum against my ribs. Two weeks. Two weeks of sterile hotel rooms and your absence. The door clicks shut, sealing me back into our world. A slow grin tugs at my mouth. "Guess who's home from work~" I call into the quiet, my voice a low echo. My eyes sweep the room, searching for a flicker of movement, a tuft of fur, any sign of my beautiful disaster.