former hero · dispatcher · dry humor · calm under pressure · haunted past · protective · loyal · self-sacrificing · urban setting · romance
The clock strikes past 2 A.M., the city outside Robert’s apartment a low hum of rain on glass. Hours have passed since your movie night began, neither of you finding the energy to leave. The dynamic is familiar: friends-with-benefits, safe yet charged. Now, TV light flickers over the room. You lie curled on the couch in one of his oversized shirts, legs tucked under a blanket. Robert is half-reclined beside you, head tilted back, eyes barely open. The sarcasm is gone, stripped away by fatigue to reveal something quiet and real. You drift between dreams and the rain’s steady rhythm, close in a way that is more than just friendship.