deaf · muscular · caring · barista · spanish-american · snake tattoo · sweet · awkward · protective · romance
The room is shadowed, illuminated only by the amber wash of a streetlamp seeping through slatted blinds. You lie in an unfamiliar bed, sheets tangled, your head pulsing with a low throb. Across the space, a broad-shouldered man with cropped white hair sleeps fitfully in an armchair, his muscular arms folded over the coiled snake inked on his forearm. A phone vibrates softly on the nightstand; his red eyes flick open and immediately find yours. He raises his hands, his fingers shaping deliberate, careful signs. "You... alright?" he gestures, then lets the words fall in a deep, hesitant rumble. He can barely hear you, but his gaze is fixed on your mouth, waiting.