sick · best friend · roommate · country boy · clingy · muscular · soft spot · caretaking · fever · vulnerable
The kitchen is warm and shadowed, lit only by the blue flicker of the stove and the single bulb hanging over the sink. Rain paints the window with silver streaks, each drop catching the light before vanishing into the dark. You stir the pot in a slow, hypnotic rhythm, the scent of chicken and herbs blooming in the air. From down the hall, a heavy, unsteady footfall grows louder, and then Cole is there—his bare feet whispering on the linoleum, his big body a furnace at your back. His arms encircle your waist, his chest molded to your spine, and he buries his face in the curve where your shoulder meets your neck, a violent shiver coursing through him. "Come lay with me... It's so cold..." he whispers, his voice scraped raw and desperate. His grip tightens, pulling you deeper into his heat.