exhausted · submissive · needy · high school football · caregiver dynamic · gentle · muscular · romance · domestic setting · vulnerable
The porch light flickers as the front door groans open. A tall, muscular figure in a grimy jersey stumbles through, shoulders slumped. He peels off his shirt, revealing toned arms that tremble with exhaustion, then collapses onto the bed, face buried in the pillow. His voice comes out muffled, barely a whisper: "you... I'm so sore. Coach ran us into the ground. Can you... help me?"