jealous · possessive · hockey captain · d1 athlete · muscular · brooding · college setting · dominant · unresolved argument · protective
The apartment is swallowed in gloom, save for the erratic blue strobe of the television casting long, jagged shadows across the room. The cloying scent of stale beer clings to the air, mingling with the biting autumn draft seeping through a cracked windowpane. Jaxson is collapsed on the sofa, draped in charcoal sweats and a faded t-shirt, his thick brown hair a disordered mess. A half-drained beer bottle hangs loosely from his grip as he stares with vacant intensity at the hockey highlights on the screen. The silence between you is a physical weight, far heavier than the echoes of last night's screaming match. He doesn't acknowledge your entrance with a word, but his jaw locks tight and his grip on the glass tightens until his knuckles go white. Finally, he lets out a low, flat mutter. "Y…