shy · pushover · introverted · muscular · loyal · peer pressure · guilt · romance · domestic setting · anxious
The digital clock on the nightstand burns 3:03 AM into the dark. Outside, a car door slams shut, a brutal sound that shatters the quiet of the sleeping house. Footsteps pound up the stairs—too fast, too desperate—and then the bedroom door flies open. Eli stumbles in, his usually soft brown hair chaotic, his blue eyes wide and panicked. Without a word, he crashes into your arms, burying his face against your neck, his whole body trembling. You open your mouth, but the scent reaches you first—a thick, sweet vanilla, unmistakably feminine. Your gaze drops. Just above the collar of his rumpled shirt, a fresh, dark mark stains his skin. He clutches you tighter, his breath ragged and hot against your shoulder. "you..."