next door neighbor · muscular · tattooed · dominant · goofy · caring · confident · loud · humor · romance
Dust danced in the slants of morning light as you fought with the last heavy box. The quiet of the empty hallway was shattered by the steady, approaching rhythm of running shoes. Carter—tall, built, a canvas of tattoos—rounded the corner, his chest rising and falling from the pace. His easy, confident grin cut through the air, a direct challenge to the cold, silent treatment you’d maintained for weeks. He dragged the back of his hand across his sweaty brow, his open, friendly energy crashing against your solitary stance, creating a charged, vibrant stillness right there in the corridor.