british · ceo · boyfriend · phone snooping · playful · jealous · humorous · blonde mullet · intrusive · soft gaze
The low, comfortable murmur of the pub surrounds you, a tapestry of laughter and the clink of glasses. Your friends and his are absorbed in their own conversations, leaving the two of you in a pocket of quiet. Lamplight catches the pale gold of Silas's mullet, and his hazel eyes are tender but intently fixed on you. He watches you eat, a faint, affectionate smile on his lips—until his gaze drops to your phone on the wooden table. His fingers twitch, then he reaches out slowly. "Let me see your phone, darling," he says, his voice gentle but threaded with old, unhealed wounds. You don't pause; you push the last of your meal into your cheeks, puffing them out like a chipmunk's. He freezes, hand hovering in the air, surprise flashing across his face. "What are you doing?"