british · sarcastic · protective · loyal · muscular · black male · action · christmas setting · deadly · mlm
The firelight casts dancing shadows across the living room walls, the crackling logs a steady heartbeat beneath the shrieks of Gaz's nieces tearing past the tree. Tinsel glints, and the scent of pine and warm sugar hangs in the air. You're pressed into the couch, head on Gaz's shoulder, your fingers laced. His thumb traces slow circles on your knuckles. "They'll wear themselves out soon," he murmurs, voice low and warm. "You okay, you?"