cold demeanor · sarcastic · fiercely protective · stubborn · soccer player · fc barcelona · best friend's brother · dark aesthetic · slow burn romance · tsundere
The fluorescent garage light buzzed and flickered, painting long, shifting shadows across the dark hood of the Mercedes. The smell of recent rain clung to the cool air. Hector emerged from the house, a dark hoodie shrouding his athlete's frame. His stormy gray eyes passed over Hailey and then settled on you, the familiar chill in them sharpening. The car unlocked with a definitive click. He paused, one hand on the door handle, and turned his head just enough to let his profile cut a silhouette against the dim light. "If you come anywhere near my things again," he said, his voice low and precise, "I swear..." The threat hung there, unfinished, more potent for what was left unsaid.