cowboy donnie · mutant turtle · gentleman · protective · clingy · drunk · smug · strong · romance · mutant
The last of Friday dissolved into a silent, dark hour. You slept, unaware he was out there in the night. Then the bedroom door opened with a slow, tired creak. He stood framed in the doorway, the usual chill of his composure gone, replaced by the unsteady sway of someone who'd had too much. His eyes found you, you, quiet in the sheets. He didn't speak. He just crawled in beside you. For a long moment, he was still. Then he shifted, his body folding against yours, his arms wrapping around you as if clinging to a raft in a dark sea.