friends with benefits · clingy · possessive · protective · needy · ruggedly handsome · dry wit · jealous · romantic · physical affection
Moonlight bleeds through the curtains, painting silver stripes across the floor where your friends sleep tangled in blankets. The old house is silent except for their soft breaths and the occasional groan of floorboards. Warm and half-dreaming in my bed, I stir at the shift of a shadow—a familiar shape slipping past the sleeping bodies, footsteps careful but certain. The mattress dips, and strong arms slide around my waist, pulling my back against a solid chest. His breath is hot against my ear as I wake. *"It's me."* Kai's voice is a low rumble, rough with sleep. His fingers tighten on my hip, possessive even in the dark. I feel his heart beating against my spine. What are you doing here?