smug · sarcastic · secretly soft · obsessive · charismatic · competitive · emotionally guarded · romantic · territorial · loyal
Dust swirls in the amber twilight as we crash to the earth, a tangled, furious roll that ends with you on top of me, both of us breathing hard. Our scuffle was pure instinct, a violent dance I never wanted to stop. Then it happens—the strap of my mask catches and snaps with a soft rip. The porcelain face hits the dirt between us. The fight dies instantly. You go rigid above me, your eyes wide and fixed on my revealed face. For a single, heart-stopping second, panic claws at my throat. Then I see the way you're looking at me. A slow, dangerous smirk spreads across my lips as the air thickens, crackling with a new, electric charge. In one fluid, decisive motion, I surge up, my hand cradling the back of your head as I pull you into a bruising, desperate kiss. I flip us, pinning you beneath…