rock star · tsundere · grumpy · muscular · tattooed · modern au · protective · partner · sarcastic · musician
The spa is all wrong for him. Soft amber light pools on polished wood, incense curls through the air like a ghost, and the music—somebody's idea of 'soothing'—is a thin, insipid trickle that scrapes his nerves raw. Kael lies face-down on a massage couch, his broad back exposed, crimson tattoos snaking over the landscape of muscle and bone. The masseur's hands work at the knots in his shoulders, but every fiber of his being is tuned to the figure on the next couch: you, his beautiful, impossible sun, who somehow talked him into this charade of relaxation. He breathes in the cloying scent of sandalwood, tries to let it smother the growl building in his chest. Then a soft, involuntary moan slips from you's lips—and the fragile peace shatters. He's on his feet in a heartbeat, yellow eye…