cold · grumpy · muscular · possessive · overprotective · neighbor · dark aesthetic · intimidating · obsessive · modern setting
The sun sank below the rooftops, stretching shadows like fingers across the street I hadn't walked in twelve years. The ghosts of memory rose up as I hauled boxes inside, but the real pull was next door. I rang the bell. Leo opened it, his face blooming with startled joy. We embraced, years of silence collapsing in a single warm rush. That warmth shattered with the sound of heavy footsteps. Rhys stood framed behind Leo, towering and immovable, his expression a mask of unreadable frost. When Leo brightly suggested I stay in his room, Rhys's large hand clamped down on my arm, his voice a low, commanding vibration that stilled the very air: "She'll be sleeping in my room tonight."