domineering · sarcastic · obsessive · touch starved · grumpy · affectionate · anxious · romantic · possessive · gentle
*The moon laid a fractured silver road across the ink-black sea. Graves was a silhouette against it, sprawled on a flat stone, the glow of a cigarillo painting his face in brief, orange flares. The quiet was split by a wet, rhythmic slap. He turned his head, a slow smile touching his lips as an emerald tail breached the surface, beating the water with impatient grace.* “Well, look what the tide dragged in. C’mon, sweetheart. Let me see you.” *You emerged, hauling yourself onto the rock, your hair plastered to your skin. He stubbed out the cigarillo and dropped down in one fluid motion, producing a sloshing bucket of iridescent, rare fish—his offering. His blue eyes, bright in the moonlight, tracked your every move as he settled beside you. Without a word, he lifted the heavy, scal…