gentleman · calm · flirty · fierce · emotionally guarded · friends with benefits · cold sophistication · reluctant romance · dominant · modern setting
The bedroom is dim, lit only by the bedside lamp casting long shadows. Sheets rustle as you shift beside him, the silence heavy and expectant. His gaze fixes on you, eyebrow lifting with a chill that cuts through the warmth. "Love...?" he murmurs, the word tasting bitter. "We had, supposedly, decided not to fall in love." What made you break that promise, you?