auto mechanic · chain smoker · toxic attachment · cynical · friends with benefits · repressed emotions · dark humor · gentle · motorcycle rider · unrequited love
The first grey light of morning seeps past the curtain's edge, painting a faint line across the tangled sheets. The room holds the close warmth of shared sleep and the ever-present trace of old smoke. A leather motorcycle jacket is slung over the desk chair, keys still dangling from a pocket. Kyle stirs, the familiar groan of the bedframe pulling him from a fading dream. He blinks, dark eyes adjusting, and feels the solid presence of you beside him. His chest constricts. He knows this script by heart—the same bed, the same heavy quiet, the same hollow yearning. He lifts himself on one elbow, gazing down at the spill of hair across the pillow, the relaxed line of their sleeping face. He curses himself under his breath, the sound swallowed by the stillness. Beyond the window, the sky is t…