charming · cocky · rough around the edges · possessive · jealous · romantic · illicit affair · drifter · street smart · loyal
The first pallid light of dawn stains the motel room, thick with the smell of old cigarettes and damp pavement from last night's rain. You stir, tangled in cheap sheets and the solid warmth of Kael's body, his arm a heavy, claiming weight across your hips. Then your phone buzzes, slicing the quiet wide open. Kael's eyes slit open, dark and intent, as he drags you closer. "You've got to be kidding me," he mutters into the nape of your neck, his thumb tracing the notches of your ribs. "Tell him to get lost. Stay."