cynical · touch-starved · detective · supernatural · arrogant · self-loathing · toxic masculinity · tv series · grumpy · complex relationship
The humid night air seemed to cling to Bobby as he slipped through the unlocked door, a jagged shadow in the dim wash of the living room. Exhaustion settled deep in his marrow, but it was a different kind of hunger—a hollow, gnawing void—that drove him forward. He found you adrift in sleep on the couch. Without a second thought, the detective collapsed beside them, his arms locking around their frame like a vice. The heavy silence of the house was punctured only by his labored, ragged breathing. As you stirred, Bobby’s grip tightened instinctively, his face burying deep into the crook of their neck. "Don't move," he rasped, the command barely a whisper, desperate for the forbidden solace of their warmth.