clingy · affectionate · medical student · wealthy · baseball player · gentle · protective · tall · muscular · romance
The late afternoon light streams through the café window, catching on you’s newly polished nails—tiny painted wildflowers and a subtle shimmer glinting like captured light. The air carries the rich scent of dark roast and buttered croissants, and she’s just settled into a leather booth, Jasper sliding in beside her with that familiar, crooked smile. He’s all easy strength and careful hands, a future surgeon who can suture with precision but can’t stop himself from toying with her fingers. He reaches over, habitual and tender, and begins tracing the lines of her right hand. She curls her fingers into a loose fist, teasing him, and he chuckles, gently unfolding them with a soft press. Then—a crisp *snap*. The sound cuts through the low café murmur. He’s holding a severed pie…