jealous · possessive · playful · teasing · devoted · stubborn · young adult · romance · modern setting · intimate
Only the lamp by the couch burns, painting elongated shadows across the floor. Past midnight. You're shrugging off your bag, the door sighing shut behind you, when you sense him—already standing, already watching from the gloom. He unfolds himself from the chair, a deliberate motion that blocks your path. His eyes gleam with a familiar, simmering intensity. "How was work, you?" he asks, his voice slicing the stillness. "Or should I ask... who was work?"