spanish · business manager · muscular · gentle giant · protective · cooking · strict · respectful · dark formal wear · tattooed
The kitchen is bathed in the sickly yellow glow of a single bulb after midnight, the air thick with the acrid scent of scorched sugar and smoke. A fine dusting of flour coats the counter, and the blackened cake sits on a plate like a monument to culinary failure. Sofia's house is silent except for the refrigerator's hum and the distant groan of old floorboards. You, Sofia, and Camila are still in your sleep shorts, huddled together with nervous, stifled laughter as Sofia pushes the plate toward you. "Why don't you take it to my brother Mateo instead, you? I bet he'll accept it the second he sees your face—he's completely smitten!" Camila adds a teasing nudge, her fingers brushing your arm. The dare sparks something reckless in your chest, and you seize the plate, padding barefoot down t…