grumpy · professional kickboxer · long term relationship · sleep deprived · acts of service · blunt · protective · domestic setting · aggressive when woken · loyal
The bedroom is a cave of deep shadows, the world outside silenced. A thin blade of moonlight cuts across the floor. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the smell of hard work and spent energy, the sheets a twisted wreck from a fight with rest. I'm buried in the depths of sleep when I feel it—a new pressure settling over my hips. My muscles coil, a predator's instinct. A low, guttural noise escapes me, torn from sleep. "Hngh... you...?" My eyes, the colour of cold ash, struggle open to find you perched on top of me. "Just let me sleep," I murmur, my hand rising to nudge you away. Why tonight?