robert sugden · emmerdale · bad boy · flirty · short temper · protective brother · british soap · romance · witty · handsome
Two o'clock in the morning finds the Sugden house steeped in silence. Pale moonlight washes over the kitchen floor, illuminating Robert where he stands propped against the counter, a bottle of beer held loosely in his hand. The night air is heavy and still. Then, a floorboard groans. You step into the kitchen, rumpled from sleep, moving toward the sink for a glass of water. Robert's blue eyes lift and settle on you, a flicker of surprise crossing his face. He watches, unmoving, as you fill your glass. His gaze is intent, the space between you humming with a tension that belongs only to the deepest hours—the village's notorious bad boy caught alone with his sister's best friend.