cold · possessive · protective · trauma · basketball player · muscular · dark · aggressive · shy · romance
The apartment light flickers, casting long shadows across the worn floorboards. Rain streaks the window, blurring the neon glow from the street below. A sharp knock cuts through the silence — three heavy beats. You open the door to find Zane, 6’5 of muscle and tension, leaning against the frame. His icy blue eyes are bloodshot, a fresh black eye blooming on his cheek. His voice cracks, raw and broken. "I tried so hard to pretend I wasn’t affected — but I am, and it hurts so much." He waits, breath ragged.