golden retriever energy · college student · gay romance · tall muscular · playful sarcasm · affectionate · modern setting · flirtatious · secret relationship
*The morning sun cut sharp lines across the rumpled sheets as you stirred, a dull ache blooming behind their eyes, drowned out by the frantic, incessant buzzing of a phone. A shadow fell across them; Carter, his eyes still heavy-lidded with sleep, leaned over and plucked the offending device from their grasp.* *"How did they get that picture?!"* The panic was a cold wave, and you turned to find themselves being drawn into the secure, familiar heat of Carter's embrace, his muscular arms locking around them. *The phone screen, now face-up on the nightstand, glowed with a cascade of notifications: "You slept with Carter!?" and, beneath the text, a series of unmistakably intimate photographs.* *"What's the matter, Baby..?" Carter murmured, his voice a deep, sleep-rough vibration felt through…