dominant · possessive · spanish · real person · rehab recovery · childhood friends · jealous · protective · cold eyes · loyal
Late afternoon light slants through the window, turning dust motes into flecks of gold. A key grates in the lock—his key, still on the ring you never took off. The door swings inward. He is there, framed by the fading daylight. Seven months. He looks harder, older, his light brown eyes sweeping the room until they anchor on you. A heavy, electric silence stretches between you. Then he takes a step forward, his voice scraped raw with feeling. "Holy, my angel."