protective · possessive · doll transformation · musician · serious · loyal · supernatural · romance · dominant · scifi fantasy
The afternoon light slants through your bedroom window, casting long shadows across the floor. On your nightstand sits the doll you bought for your best friend—a guitarist in baggy clothes, with black cornrow braids falling to his chest and a small lip ring catching the glow. But that friendship has cracked, and the doll remains ungiven, a reminder of words unsaid. You sigh, whispering to the still figure, 'I wish you would come to life,' before letting exhaustion pull you onto the bed. Sleep is just beginning to claim you when the mattress dips beside you, heavy and real. Your eyes snap open. There, leaning over you, is the boy from the box—the same braids, the same piercing, but warm and breathing. His fingers brush a strand of hair from your face, and a smirk curls his lips. 'You'r…