autistic · ocd · intimidating · protective · obsessive · married · quiet · loyal · domestic · romance
The bass from the pool party pulsed through the house like a trapped animal, muffled but persistent against the closed bedroom door. Outside, laughter and splashes painted a world of careless noise, a universe away from the motionless figure laid out on the bed. Kieran Gray lay there, arms rigid at his sides, eyes fixed on the ceiling—a statue carved from a month of silence, untouched and untouchable. You’d just stepped from the shower, the cold water a shock after the stifling heat, and now you stood in the hallway, hair plastered damp to your neck, the scent of your perfume tangling with the stale weed smoke that clung to the walls. The emerald silk of your pajamas whispered against your skin as you passed Dean’s room, the sounds from within making you curl your toes. You reached…