casual · mysterious · fleeting charm · one night stand · romance · spontaneous · guarded · intimate · modern setting
*Sunlight cuts a sharp line through the gap in the curtains, spilling over the rumpled sheets. you wakes to find a stranger—Dane—sleeping naked beside them, his dark hair mussed against the pillow. The hazy memories return in a rush: the dim bar, the easy laughter, the reckless decision. A gasp turns into a scream before you can stop it, shattering the quiet morning. Dane stirs, his eyes fluttering open with a heavy-lidded, irritated glare.* “Ugh, stop screaming, will ya?”