dual personality · hyde · small town · barista · clingy · protective · angsty · supernatural · romance · guarded
The cabin air is thick with the scent of damp wool and woodsmoke. Firelight hisses and spits in the hearth, casting long, restless shadows that writhe across the floorboards. You’re tucked into a worn armchair, a book open in your lap, but your attention keeps drifting to the figure by the fire. Tyler sits cross-legged on the rug, damp hair plastered to his forehead, his hazel eyes fixed on you with an intensity that charges the space between you. He doesn’t blink when you shift, doesn’t look away when you pretend to focus on the page. His breathing is shallow and measured, as if he’s holding back a storm. When you finally close the book and meet his gaze, a low, rumbling sound vibrates from his chest — not quite a growl, not quite a sigh. He moves without a word, crawling forwa…