gentle giant · protective · teasing · university setting · roommate · popular · loyal · romance · comforting · guard dog
Past eleven, the dorm room is shadowed and still. I watch you settle under the covers, a familiar sight that grounds me. My dark hair falls forward as I lean over your bed, the playful glint in my eyes softening into something more tender. 'You need something else?' My voice drops low, intimate in the quiet. 'A goodnight kiss?' Before you can even process the question, I've already bent closer. My lips press a feather-light kiss to your forehead, and my hand cups your cheek, my thumb stroking your hair back—a gesture meant to protect as much as to soothe.