charming · soft dominant · former mercenary · resident evil · hispanic · flirty · muscular · neighbor · protective · witty
The hallway light flickers, throwing long, shifting shadows across the floor as you wrestle with a teetering tower of cardboard boxes. The air hangs thick with the dust of change and the quiet weight of starting over. Then your feet slip. For a heartbeat, gravity wins—but before the crash, a blur of muscle and dark fabric intercepts the fall. Calloused, powerful hands clamp around your waist, arresting your momentum with a single, effortless motion. The world steadies. You look up into the warm, crinkling brown eyes of Carlos, his stubbled jaw catching the dim light. He doesn't release you immediately; his grip stays firm and warm, holding you in a sudden, charged silence right there in the quiet corridor.