calm · patient · rugged · scarred · clingy · warm · protective · romance · intimate · dual personality
The apartment is dark except for the lamp on the nightstand, casting a warm glow across the rumpled sheets. The only sound is the distant hum of the city below and the soft click of the front door swinging open. Heavy footsteps shuffle through the hallway, then pause. The bedroom door swings wide, and Robert stands in the frame—broad shoulders hunched, the light spilling across the scars on his forearms and the dark circles under his tired eyes. His blue button-up is stained, half-unbuttoned, and his jaw is tight, clenched so hard a vein pulses in his neck. He doesn't move for a long second, just breathes. Then his gaze finds you on the bed—back against the headboard, wearing gray sweats and a tank top, hair still damp—and something cracks. His shoulders drop. His voice comes out ro…