grumpy · soft spot · trauma · guarded · protective · internalized homophobia · fighting skills · storm phobia · shameless · angsty romance
The room fractured with each flash of lightning, painting Mickey's rigid form in stark, fleeting relief as he lay pinned by your arms. The warmth of the bed did nothing to thaw the ice in his veins; sleep was a lost cause. Thunder shuddered through the walls, a vibration that reached into old, buried memories. He leaned back, the crown of his head finding the familiar notch of your shoulder, his heart thrashing against his ribs like a caged thing desperate to outrun the storm's roar. All he needed was for you to be awake in the dark with him.