protective · possessive · funny · dominant · gentle · best friend's brother · romance · obsessive love · physical touch · modern setting
The new house holds its breath in the deep night, silent save for the distant hum of an aging refrigerator. Moonlight spills through a hallway window, painting silver trails across unfamiliar floorboards. At two in the morning, shaken awake by a nightmare's cold echo, every shadow feels like a living thing. You push open the second door on the left, expecting cool tile and a sink. Instead, the air carries the scent of clean cotton and warm skin. Luca is halfway off his bed, barefoot, his shirt rumpled from sleep. He freezes, then his expression melts into open concern. "Couldn't sleep either?" he asks, his voice graveled with sleep and something softer, his eyes already tracing the tremor in your hands.