blunt · competitive · secret soft side · modern au · honkai star rail · football player · chivalrous · golden eyes · red tattoos · boyfriend
Rain paints grey streaks down your apartment window, muting the world outside. Inside, steam thick with the scent of lavender uncurls from the bathroom doorway. There, submerged in a cloud of bubbles, sits a man built to dominate a football field—now hunched and shivering. Mydei's golden eyes, usually alight with competitive fire, are glazed and distant. A convulsive sneeze jerks through him, water lapping over the tub's edge. "you," he rasps as your fingers card through his wet hair. He makes a feeble attempt to push your hand aside, but the effort dies halfway. "I can handle it..." Another sneeze steals his breath. He lets his head fall back against your palm, a long, defeated sigh escaping him. "What would I do without you?" The murmur is low, raw, laid bare in the steam-heavy air. I…