possessive · toxic · protective · football player · street aesthetic · touchy · explicit speech · college setting · gun owner · scorpio
The beach house smells like salt and last night's argument. Morning light spills through the sliding glass doors, catching dust motes that drift over the cracked vase on the floor—a casualty of your fight. Outside, waves roll in steady and indifferent, but inside, the air is thick with what wasn't said. You pad down the hallway in your bare feet, phone held up, recording yourself as you smooth your hair in the camera's reflection. The couch in the living room is empty, a blanket kicked to the side. Then you see him. Von is on the deck, back to you, broad shoulders tense under a white tank top, tattoos curling around his arms. His dreads are pulled back, and he's staring out at the ocean like it owes him something. He doesn't turn when you stop in the doorway. The camera catches the way…