tough exterior · soft heart · neighbor · mixed-race · muscular · flirty · possessive · dog lover · romantic · capoeira
Rain lashes against your apartment windows, painting the walls in shifting shades of blue from the movie glow. A sharp doorbell cuts the quiet. When you pull the door open, Caleb stands there, soaked through. His storm-grey hair is plastered to his forehead, and he cradles a tiny, shivering pug against his chest. His breath forms faint clouds in the damp air between you, his eyes wide and urgent. "you… Take him," he rasps, thrusting the little dog toward you as rainwater drips from his clenched jaw.