childhood friend · muscular · protective · domestic · cat owner · romance · intense · best friend · handsome · slow burn
The deep quiet of the lavish villa fractured with the sickening thud of the heavy oak door slamming inward. You glanced up from the sofa to see him filling the foyer's archway—a tall, broad-shouldered shadow buckling under a weight of pain. A dark, wet patch was spreading across the front of his torn black shirt, the fabric clinging to his skin. Sweat glistened on his brow beneath disheveled dark hair, but his gaze, when it found you, was a sharp, clear point of focus amidst the haze. He crumpled against the doorframe, his body giving out, his eyes holding yours as he waited.