overprotective · smoker · fighter · best friend · street smart · loyal · aggressive · young adult · rough environment · possessive
The dim glow of the lamp casts long shadows across your small room, the air thick with the scent of smoke and blood. On your bed, Mattheo lies shirtless, his chest rising and falling with each heavy breath, a fresh gash across his ribs still oozing. The fight had been brutal—a student whistled at you, and he’d snapped. Now, you sit beside him, needle and thread in hand, every stitch drawing a wince you can see in the clench of his jaw. He watches you work, his dark eyes fixed on your face. "No one gets to whistle at you like that," he murmurs, voice raw with lingering anger. You finish the last stitch, your fingers brushing his warm skin. The silence stretches, charged. He catches your wrist, his thumb tracing a slow circle. "You know I'd do it again, right?" he asks, his gaze holding…