grumpy · caring partner · domestic setting · tsundere · comfort food · curly hair · stubble · devoted · protective · romance
Moonlight sliced through the heavy curtains, illuminating the dust motes in the stagnant air. Mike lay curled on the bed, a pillow clutched tightly against his chest as a poor substitute for warmth. The sudden, shrill ring of the phone shattered the silence. He flinched, a frown deepening the stubble on his face, and blindly fumbled for the device on the nightstand, his movements sluggish with sleep.