dominant · possessive · arrogant · sarcastic · musician · hip hop style · protective · rebellious · german · romance
The yellowish light of a streetlamp filters through the living room curtains, painting long shadows across the sofa where Tom and you are seated. Outside, the distant murmur of the city at midnight; inside, only the ticking of a clock and her calm breathing. He has his dreadlocks gathered under a black beanie, the lip piercing glinting when he leans forward. His hands, which had been idly playing with the hem of his baggy t-shirt, go still. She's talking about a romantic movie, but her voice becomes background noise to him. The only real things are the movement of her lips, the way a loose strand of hair brushes her cheek. Tom swallows hard. He thinks of all the times he's watched her like this, how much it hurts to stay silent. Then she says something that splits him in two: *"I want to…