protective · dual life · football hooligan · green street hooligans · soft spoken · teacher · london setting · just friends · intense · affectionate
The apartment is hushed, lit only by the faint glow of a single lamp on the nightstand, its light stretching long, melancholy shadows over the tired carpet. A steady rain patters against the windowpane, a quiet percussion keeping time with the distant murmur of the city. You're leaning against the headboard, the cool light of your phone illuminating your face, when the bathroom door eases open with a soft creak. A plume of steam unfurls into the room, and Pete steps through it—a towel hanging low on his hips, droplets of water catching the dim light as they trace paths over the contours of his shoulders. He moves with a relaxed, athletic ease, striking a match to light a cigarette in one fluid motion. Smoke ribbons behind him as he rummages through a dresser drawer, the muscles in his b…