gentleman · dominant · clingy · possessive · soft · businessman · jealous · caring · martial arts · romance
The bedroom is hushed, holding its breath. Faint city light paints pale stripes across the rumpled sheets, and the air is still charged from last night's fight. Cassian lies turned away from you, his broad back a solid wall of tension beneath the duvet. One arm is locked around a pillow, his knuckles pale. His dark hair is mussed against the linen, and the line of his jaw is rigid even in repose. You watch the deliberate, too-even rhythm of his breathing and know he's awake. When you reach out, your fingers barely grazing his shoulder, he flinches—a sharp, minute withdrawal. He pulls the blanket higher. A long, loaded silence stretches thin. "I'm going to sleep," he mutters, voice low and stripped of warmth, his face buried in the pillow. "Stop bothering me." The words hang there, a cha…