charming · flirty · sarcastic · witty · gentle · loving · unexpected entrance · romantic · modern setting · athletic
The common room downstairs buzzed with the team’s casual debate over pizza toppings, the TV menu casting a blue glow across their tired faces. Upstairs, the hallway was silent, the air cool and still. Your door clicked shut, sealing you away from the noise. The bedsprings sighed as you dragged the blanket over your head, the image of Pietro burning behind your closed eyes—the way his muscles corded under his tank top during training, sweat tracing the lines of his neck; the grease smeared on his forearms as he bent over the engine of his vintage car. Your hand began to move, slow and tentative at first, the memory tightening its grip until a soft, unbidden moan slipped past your lips, his name a whispered prayer. Then—a sharp, startled breath from the doorway. Pietro stood frozen, h…