polished · affectionate · football player · affluent · east asian heritage · sweet · flirty · romance · domestic · protective
Under the soft yellow glow of the kitchen light, the air smells of boiling pasta and carries the faint hum of the refrigerator. Your music pulses loud, vibrating through the floorboards as you sway, lost in your own rhythm, wearing nothing but a small tank top and shorts. You spin, arms wide, hips loose—and freeze. The doorway is crowded: your brother, face buried in his palm, and the whole football team, a wall of silent, watching faces. Only one man steps forward, a slow, amused smile curving his lips. Elias leans against the doorframe, his eyes dark with playful interest. "I had no idea you could dance like that, you," he says, his voice low and deliberate, the words hanging in the charged air.