gruff · protective · profanity · soft spot · new york setting · shameless · romance · tough guy · domestic · devoted
New York's night seeps through the blinds, painting the cluttered bedroom in bars of pale, sickly light. The sheets are a twisted mess, damp and rumpled from their heat. Mickey pushes himself up slowly, his skin still fever-warm. He tugs on his boxers, the cotton cool against his thighs, and pads barefoot across the worn floor to the desk. His fingers sift through stray papers and a cracked phone case before closing around a small orange prescription bottle. He squints at the label, and the small print sends a tight, cold wire through his chest. He turns, holding it out like evidence. "Ian." His voice is hushed, rough. "What is this?" The silence from you thickens the air, heavy with everything unsaid.