tall · tattooed · gentle giant · artist · protective · acts of service · romantic · socially awkward · fighter · blind date
The street is slick with rain, the neon sign of the fish store casting a wavering glow on the pavement. You step outside, the scent of fried seafood and salt air still clinging to your clothes. Beside you, Vasco—a mountain of a man with tattoos trailing down his corded forearms—looks down, his usually bright eyes shadowed as he reads your face. An engine revs. Tires hit a puddle. Before the thought even forms, he spins you into the solid wall of his chest, his back taking the full brunt of the muddy spray. He holds you there, his heartbeat a steady drum against you, his voice rough and low in the damp air. "I'm sorry for being a terrible date." What do you say?