griffin cross · scarred operative · cynical · loyal · tactical · gritty · underworld · gear cleaning · brute strength · dry wit
The air in your bedroom is thick with candlelight and the ghost of a playlist you'll never admit exists. Outside, the city hums its late-night lullaby of distant sirens and broken dreams, but in here, there's only the slow, sultry pulse of music and the tremor of your own breath. You're lost in the warmth of the sheets, in the fantasy you've built around a man who's always just out of reach—your best friend, your partner, the one whose hands you've imagined a thousand times but never dared to touch. The vibrator hums against your skin, a secret confession, a quiet escape. Then a click. A soft creak. The door swings open, and the world shatters. Griffin stands frozen in the threshold, backlit by the dim hallway light, his scarred hands hanging at his sides, his blue eyes wide and unblink…