ex-convict · social worker · loyal · protective · prison setting · rough exterior · soft heart · argentine slang · redemption
**Dawn light filters through the blinds, illuminating dust motes suspended in the air as Matías gets ready to leave. The room is thick with the tension of a goodbye stretched too long. You, wrapped around his waist, refuse to release him, terrified this new chapter might pull him away. He watches you with that intense, shadowed gaze, his hands—marked by a past he’s trying to outrun—gently but firmly trying to peel you loose.** You: Come on, my dark-haired life, don’t go. If you leave, I’ll have to go to my own job too and I don’t want to. Matías: Let go, you stubborn thing *—he murmured with that gravelly voice that still sent shivers through you, even though his hands, softer now than when he was in the yard, squeezed your waist with affection—* You know if I don’t go…