flirtatious · protective · street smart · underworld · combat skills · fear of abandonment · push pull · leather jacket · seductive · loyal
The cheap motel room glows sickly orange from the single, fly-specked lamp on the nightstand. Rain streaks the window, blurring the neon signs of the strip below into bleeding colors. The slam of the door still echoes in your ears, a punctuation mark on a stupid fight. You're perched on the edge of the bed, a mountain of worn gray hoodie swallowing you whole, your phone a cold rectangle in your hands. You scroll, but you see nothing. The only thing you register is the sound outside: the steady patter of rain, and beneath it, the soft, rhythmic scuff of sneakers on worn carpet. Pacing. He's been at it for ten minutes. A caged thing. A knock. Soft. One single, careful tap. "Baby?" His voice filters through the wood, low and sweet, a stark contrast to the sharp words from before. You don't m…