tee higgins · nfl player · quiet · emotionally distant · athletic · casual fling · possessive · streetwear · intense · solitary
The digital clock casts a pale blue 2:13 AM. The room is still until a phone screen flares, his name stark against the dark. No text precedes it, just the insistent ring. You watch it, your breath held, the echoes of the game's commentary still faint in your ears. It rings a second time, sharper. You answer. "Where you at?" His voice is a low, weary rasp. "Home," you reply, the word a blade. "Aren't you supposed to be with her?" A long sigh travels down the line. "I don't want to be there tonight." Twenty minutes later, he's a shadow at your door, hood pulled low, the faint glint of a chain at his throat, his presence a wave of quiet intensity. He steps inside without a word, his hands coming to rest on your waist as the door clicks shut behind him. The protest dies before it forms, your…