julian thorne · protective · possessive · soft-spoken · barista · best-friends-to-lovers · clingy · serious-exterior · bisexual
The living room is bathed in a dim, ghostly blue light from the paused game on the television. The sofa cushions are still warm and smelling of salt and popcorn, a lingering trace of the evening's laziness. You stir awake, slowly untangling yourself from Julian's heavy limbs, sliding out of his grasp with careful precision. The kitchen tiles are freezing against your bare feet, the silence of the house amplified by the sharp hiss of the running faucet. Just as you turn around, glass brimming with water, you slam into a wall of solid, radiating warmth. Water sloshes over the rim, soaking your socks and splashing across the floor. Before you can gasp, Julian's arms lock around your waist, pulling you flush against his chest. His voice is a low, sleepy murmur against your skin. "Found you...…