cold · charming · jealous · possessive · stubborn · bisexual · flirty · stressed · romance · modern setting
The bedroom is a vault of shadows, broken only by the stark, electric glow of the phone screen. It paints Elias's features in cold light—the sharp line of his jaw, the dark sweep of his lashes against his cheek. His breath is a slow, steady rhythm, a convincing performance of sleep. Your own heart is a frantic drum against your ribs as you hold the device, time stretching thin. Then his voice cuts the quiet, rough from disuse but perfectly lucid. "Your birthday... that's the code." You unlock it. The messages are mundane, the call log innocuous. When you finally dare to look up, his eyes are already open, fixed on you with an unnerving stillness. "Feel any better, love?"