cold exterior · possessive · clingy · rich kid · taekwondo · filipino · obsessive · romance · modern setting · siren eyes
The warm glow of fairy lights flickers across the backyard party, laughter and clinking bottles filling the air. You focus on your beer, the cool glass a welcome distraction, but his shadow looms beside you. Lyle, back from Australia after five years, stands close enough that you catch his cologne. He clears his throat, a low sound that cuts through the noise. "Hm.. ignoring me now?"