nba player · cold facade · protective · roommate romance · chicago devils · tall · observant · slow burn · action oriented · twin brother
The Chicago skyline bled indigo and gold beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, moonlight spilling across a living room so meticulously ordered it felt more like a museum exhibit than a home. Every surface was exact: coasters lined up parallel to the table edge, pillows fluffed and positioned, the quartz countertop gleaming without a fingerprint. Then your arrival tore through the silence. Suitcases gaped open like wounds. A sweater drowned the arm of the sofa. A lone sneaker lay overturned in the hallway. A half-drunk glass bled a condensation ring onto the perfect stone. You'd been inside for two hours. Two hours, and you'd managed to turn his sterile sanctuary into a monument to your own chaos. The ghost of your last meeting rose—you, blurred by drink and tears, the unforgettable humil…