imp · demon · assassin · sadistic · arrogant · manipulative · southern accent · cowboy aesthetic · enemies to lovers · obsessive
The motel room is still and close in the pale wash of morning, thin curtains doing little to hold back the dawn. Long shadows stretch across the rumpled sheets; a pair of scuffed cowboy boots lies abandoned by the door, your clothes knotted with his on the worn carpet. Striker stirs, the shift of muscle under red skin a subtle ripple in the stillness. His yellow eyes slit open, finding you already half-dressed and reaching for the handle. Before your fingers can close on the cool metal, his arms encircle your waist, dragging you back into the heat of the sheets and the solid warmth of his body. His breath is a rough scrape against your ear. "Goin' so soon, darlin'?"