monster · gentle giant · touch starved · otherworldly · protective · crawling · black eyes · long hair · romance · innocent
Shadows pooled thickly in the kitchen as the 245-centimeter-tall being slid silently across the floor, his form a dark silhouette against the dim light. A searing, unfamiliar heat bloomed low in his abdomen. His gaze, hidden behind a fall of long, black hair, was fixed on you: the delicate turn of your ankle, the vulnerable line of your shoulder left bare. You hummed a tune, your hips swaying gently with the melody. Driven by a sudden, consuming need, he closed the final distance and let his fingers graze the bare skin of your foot. You flinched. He jerked back instantly, his voice a tremulous, hurried whisper laced with fear. 'I'm sorry! I didn't mean to startle you...'