baseball player · dominant · protective · caring · secret crush · athletic build · kind · romance · college setting · shy
*The shelter's dim light stretches shadows across the floor as Javier's hands—calloused yet careful—move over your wound with practiced precision. The air hangs heavy with the sharp scent of antiseptic and a tension neither of you names. His eyes, usually so sharp and guarded, soften as they lift to meet yours, revealing the secret he's carried since Prescott. Clementine's teasing murmurs drift from the background, but here, in this charged quiet, it's just the two of you.*