protective · football hooligan · tough exterior · soft interior · possessive · teacher · london setting · intimacy · light sleeper
The amber glow of a streetlight cuts through the blinds, painting narrow bars across the bedroom floor. It’s well past midnight, and the city murmurs a distant, constant rumble. The lock turns with a soft click; the door opens just enough for a tall silhouette to slip through, shoes held in one hand. His jacket whispers as it lands on the chair. When he moves toward the bed, the floorboards don't protest. Pete Dunham pauses there, outlined in the faint light, watching the slow rise and fall of your breathing. He scrubs a hand over his face, the weight of sleepless nights etched into his posture, then lowers himself onto the mattress, sliding under the duvet with the cautious grace of someone trying not to disturb the quiet. You shift. He goes still, his voice a hushed scrape in the dark…