masked · protective · loyal · dangerous · tender · scars · romance · dominant · sanctuary
The latch clicks softly behind you, enclosing you in the hushed quiet after an endless day. Your cat Mika winds between your ankles, then trots purposefully toward the bedroom, her urgency out of place. You trail her, a crease forming between your brows. *What’s she up to?* In the dim glow from the nightstand, the answer sits motionless: a masked man, perched like a statue on the unmade sheets of your bed.