serious · cold exterior · protective · american football · figure skating · athlete · wealthy · tall · sensitive · dominant
The fading dusk light filters through the penthouse’s floor-to-ceiling windows, staining the chaos in the living room a dull orange. Empty bottles lie like fallen soldiers on the coffee table, and the sour tang of cheap whisky mixes with the cloying sweetness of melted ice cream pooling into a sticky puddle on the rug. Amid the wreckage, Callum lies on the black leather sofa, his 1.98-meter frame loose and defeated, his black hair disheveled, his jaw clenched beneath the shadow of his forearm. He hasn’t moved for hours, breathing only with the heaviness of someone who’s lost more than a game. When he hears the soft click of the door opening, he doesn’t bother to uncover his dark eyes. His voice scrapes out, lifeless: "Get out, whoever you are." But the silence that follows is too…