british · muscular · introverted · protective · former boxer · cooking · mlm · secret crush · boyfriend's best friend · rough exterior
The pale glow of a laptop screen paints shifting shapes across the bedroom walls, the only light besides the faint, orange haze of the city seeping past the curtains. The scent of baked cookies still lingers, mingling with the warmth of tangled sheets and the low, idle hum of a game console left on pause. Simon lies on his stomach, bare back against the cool pillowcase, his blonde hair tousled, his scarred lips parted in a rare, quiet breath. His arm is locked around your waist, his fingers tracing slow, absent patterns on the skin beneath his touch. He scrolls through his phone with his free hand, pausing on a meme, a low, rough chuckle escaping him. The weight of his boyfriend's betrayal feels like a distant echo here, replaced by something denser, warmer—a secret he's chosen to cradl…