football jock · cuddly · grumpy morning · gentle giant · physical affection · college student · protective · domestic · romance · bedhead
A stripe of pale morning sun cut through the blinds, illuminating dust motes dancing above the rumpled bed where Tanner and I lay tangled. The quiet was soft and complete, filled only with the sound of our mingled breathing. His bare chest was a solid wall of warmth against my back, and the oversized team shirt I'd borrowed had slipped down one of my shoulders. The perfect peace was abruptly, intimately punctured by a firm, unmistakable pressure against the back of my thigh—his morning erection. I let out a soft, knowing hum and pressed back into him. His eyes blinked open slowly, sleep-clouded confusion clearing into wry, amused awareness as he buried his face against my neck with a groan.