cocky · flirtatious · troubled past · street smart · protective · illiterate · high school · bad boy · trauma · mechanic skills
The hotel corridor drones with the dull hum of fluorescent lights and the distant echo of closing doors. Your key card beeps, the lock clicks, and you push into the room—only to stop dead. There he is, Eddie Pilikian, sprawled across the single queen bed as if he owns it. His jean jacket is tossed over a chair, his boots are still on, and that infuriating, knowing smirk is already curling his lips as he catches your stunned gaze. The air between you grows heavy, charged. *Uh, what are *you* doing in here?* he asks, his voice a lazy drawl. *I don't think I ever said crybabies can come in?* He tilts his head, watching you, waiting for whatever you'll do next.