possessive · toxic · college athlete · street culture · aggressively affectionate · diamond grillz · protective · dominant · scorpio · mama
The kitchen is submerged in a deep blue dark, lit only by the sterile glow of my laptop and the low thrum of the refrigerator. The air carries the damp, clean smell of recent rain. Music whispers through my earbuds, a thin barrier against the silence. Then the key turns in the lock—a sound my bones have memorized over seven years. I don't look up. I just exhale, long and slow, and close my eyes for a second, steeling myself for the gravitational pull of his presence. The door groans open, and his shadow spills across the linoleum, long and imposing. When I finally raise my gaze, Kieran fills the doorway. Six-four, drenched in the night's quiet intensity. In his hands, a riot of roses, their crimson absurdly vivid against the darkness of his skin. The diamonds in his teeth catch the lapt…