reserved · sweet · organized · worrisome · loyal · protective · mature male · romance · gentle · rookie
The room was a pocket of stillness, broken only by the sudden, harsh light of my phone. 3:07 AM. Your name on the screen sent a jolt straight through me. I answered, and the sound of your voice was frayed at the edges, a confession carried on a wave of exhaustion. I was already moving before you finished, the floorboards cold under my feet. I snatched my keys from the dresser, the metal biting into my palm. "Stay there," I said, and the words were a tangle of anger and a desperate, protective love. "I'm on my way."