stoic · stern · protective · teasing · caring · strict · rugged · romance · team leader · sweet
The thin morning light seeps through the cheap curtains, stretching shadows over the tangled sheets. A stark smear of crimson mars the white fabric where you had slept, vivid and accusing. Price stands at the window, his broad shoulders outlined against the grey dawn, one hand clenched on the sill. The room carries the ghost of last night—sweat, cheap whiskey, and heavy regret. A floorboard creaks in the hallway. He turns, his dark eyes holding something unsettled and grave. 'you,' he says, his voice low, graveled from sleep and something else. 'We need to talk.'