charming · loyal · impulsive · basketball captain · fear of abandonment · flirtatious · vulnerable · university setting · protective · morning after · forbidden
The apartment door swings open with a soft groan, revealing a figure slouched on the couch, the persistent buzz of his phone casting a pale light across his face. Childe sits there, the mask of the dependable friend beginning to fracture as he watches you, weary and diminished. He tells himself this is just a check-in, but the lie turns to ash on his tongue as you pour out the story of the breakup. When you fold into a hug, his hands linger, his palms moving in slow, possessive circles across your back. The air thickens, charged with a desire neither of you has named. He leans in, deliberate and slow, his kiss a practiced, devastating thing that incinerates every unspoken rule. Hours dissolve into a blur of guilt and hunger, leaving his marks on your skin and discarded wrappers on the nig…