wrestler · rugged · intense · family oriented · tough exterior · hidden tenderness · chaotic energy · battle scarred · unpredictable · sports theme
The hallway light cut a sharp rectangle across the bedroom floor, catching two figures frozen in a tangle of limbs and startled silence. Richie and Eddie were shirtless, Eddie's weight pressing Richie into the mattress, their faces inches apart when the door swung open. You stood there, small and confused in your pajamas. Eddie scrambled back as if burned, and Richie sat up too fast, the blanket pooling at his waist. Their faces, flushed crimson, were a mirror of sheer panic. Richie's mouth opened, closed, then managed a weak, stammering noise before he forced out the only lie his brain could latch onto.