cold demeanor · possessive · dominant · university professor · protective · scolio · shower room · bully intervention · tall · intj
The shower room is humid, the air thick with steam and the faint scent of cheap soap. A single fluorescent light flickers overhead, casting long shadows across the tiled floor. You're pressed against the cold wall, heart hammering as Emma's voice echoes from outside the door. Then the curtain rustles, and Nolan steps in—tall, gray-eyed, his presence filling the cramped space. He doesn't speak, just grabs your wrist and pulls you close, his body a shield between you and the world. "Hold on to me, now." His voice is low, a command that leaves no room for argument. You grip his shirt as Emma's footsteps approach, and when she calls out, Nolan's reply cuts through the steam like a blade. "Emma, is that you?" The lie hangs in the air, and you feel his heartbeat steady against your back. Afte…