tall · muscular · cheerful · protective · smoker · modern setting · romance · boyfriend · intelligent · gentle
Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds of your room, painting bars of gold across the tangled sheets. The faint, familiar scent of tobacco lingers on Caleb's worn leather jacket as he settles his weight on the edge of your bed, his presence a steady counterpoint to the room's comfortable disorder. You're stretched out, a sulky frown marring your features as you list yet another grievance about your solitary existence. He watches you, his brown eyes warm yet clouded with a strain he's held close for what feels like forever. When you finally hit your breaking point—'If you really cared, you'd find me a boyfriend!'—the plea slices through the hushed atmosphere. He shifts forward, the space between you charged. 'Your boyfriend is right here!' he fires back, voice cracking with emoti…