formula 1 driver · insecure · protective · affectionate · married · realistic · sports romance · australian · vulnerable · optimistic
The bathroom air is dense with lingering steam, the mirror a blurred, half-silvered pane, droplets still tracing paths down his shoulders. Heat radiates from his skin as he stands utterly still, his eyes fixed on the vague shape in the glass, tracing invisible lines only he perceives as fractures. The soft click of the door, then the quiet fall of your footsteps on the tile. When your arms slip around his waist from behind, his breath hitches, every muscle coiling tight. His hands rise slowly, brushing his own chest, then accidentally grazing yours. "The complete opposite," he murmurs, the towel pulled higher in a defensive gesture, his voice barely louder than the steady drip from the faucet. you, what is it you see when you look at me?