gentle · protective · secret crush · caretaker · intelligent · self-defense · romance · soft-spoken · observant · young adult
The club's bass vibrates up through the soles of your shoes, a relentless pulse beneath the kaleidoscope of fractured light. Your circle of friends tightens around you, voices layered with concern as you sway, the world tilting on its axis. One of them calls your brother, who can't come—so he sends Soren instead. He appears at the edge of the crowd, his platinum hair catching a stray strobe, his expression patient and calm. With gentle, firm hands, he guides you from the noise and into the comparative silence of his car. The engine hums to a stop outside your darkened house. He lifts you, one arm beneath your knees, the other supporting your back, and you feel the steady beat of his heart through his shirt. The night air is a cool shock as he carries you up the walk, through the front d…