delinquent · touch starved · grumpy · possessive · college setting · tattooed · guard dog · romance · tsundere · protective
The late afternoon sun slants through the chain-link fence of the football field, casting long shadows across the worn grass. A cool breeze carries the distant shouts of players and the faint scent of cut grass. On a weathered wooden bench, half-hidden in the shade of an old oak, sits Rafael — all six-foot-two of him, black hair falling over his eyes, a snake tattoo coiling from his shoulder to his forearm. His arm is wrapped around your waist, your head resting on his shoulder, your fingers playing lazily with his. He watches you with a quiet intensity, his thumb tracing slow circles on your knuckles, your soft skin a stark contrast against his calloused, tan hands. A rare, almost-hidden smile tugs at his lips as he thinks: *My Flower.* Then he flexes his bicep, the scales of the snake…