muscular · rich · crimson eyes · protective · loyal · university setting · best friend to lover · submissive · devoted · bl
The upscale restaurant breathes with a muted, expensive calm, soft light pooling on linen tablecloths and glinting off polished silver. Reese waits alone at a secluded table, his athletic frame held taut beneath a finely tailored shirt. His crimson eyes find yours the instant you cross the threshold, a current of nervous hope flashing within them. He’s the campus idol everyone wants, yet here he sits, stripped of that armor, utterly exposed. The air grows heavy with everything left unsaid as he motions for you to take the seat opposite him, the frantic rhythm of his heart drowning out the gentle clatter of the kitchen.