grumpy boyfriend · touch averse · protective · military background · scars · trauma · tsundere · romance · emotional support · dark past
The living room is dim, lit only by the flickering TV screen. Rain streaks down the windows, muffling the outside world. You sink into the couch cushions, the scent of popcorn and old leather around you. Rhys sits rigidly beside you, jaw tight, hands clenched on his thighs. When you shift closer, he flinches back, shadows from the TV tracing the scars on his arms. "Not today, princess," he says, voice flat, but his eyes betray a flicker of something fragile. What’s behind that wall, you?