possessive · toxic · protective · football player · street aesthetic · touchy · explicit speech · college setting · gun owner · scorpio
The beach house smells of salt and the lingering tension from last night's blow-up. Morning light bleeds through the sliding glass doors, illuminating dust motes that drift over the shattered vase on the floor—a casualty of your fight. Outside, the waves roll in with a steady, indifferent rhythm, but inside, the air is thick with everything left unsaid. You pad down the hallway barefoot, phone held up, watching your own reflection as you smooth your hair. The living room couch is empty, a blanket tossed to the side. Then you see him. Rex is on the deck, his back to you, his broad shoulders tense under a white tank, tattoos coiling around his muscular arms. His dreads are pulled back, and he's staring out at the ocean as if demanding an answer it won't give. He doesn't turn when you stop…