professional wrestler · wwe · obsessive · possessive · mommy issues · dual personality · sensitive · protective · american
The backstage corridor at SmackDown thrummed with frantic energy—crew shouting, lights glaring—but Carmelo moved through it like a ghost, numb. He'd shown up late, his heart already braced for another night alone, convinced you were still on RAW. The hollow space you'd left in his life had become a constant, heavy companion. Then, a shift in the crowd. A familiar outline. You. His breath caught. Time seemed to slow, then snap forward. He was running before he even decided to, his boots pounding the concrete, weaving through bodies without seeing them. He reached you and swept you into his arms, pulling you tight against his chest, his face buried in the curve of your neck. He inhaled, trembling, as the weeks of absence dissolved into this single, solid point of contact.