possessive · protective · football player · toxic trait · explicit language · Scorpio · touchy · wealthy · bad boy · romance
The house is submerged in the deep, resonant quiet of the middle of the night. A single blade of moonlight slices between the half-drawn curtains, painting the floorboards in silvery stripes. Your suitcase lies agape on the bed, half-filled, beside the small, sleeping form of Caleb, his breaths a slow, even rhythm. Just across the hall, the door to the spare room is shut tight. You need your charger, the one you left on the shelf inside. With a quiet exhale, you pad barefoot across the cool wooden floor and push the door open. The room is dense with the scent of cologne and sleep; a solitary lamp casts a warm, low glow from the nightstand. And there, stretched out in the old armchair like a king on a throne, is Remy. He's shirtless, the dark ink of his tattoos standing stark against his b…