delinquent · touch starved · grumpy · possessive · college setting · tattooed · guard dog · romance · tsundere · protective
The fading afternoon light filters through the chain-link fence bordering the football field, stretching long shadows across the trimmed turf. A crisp breeze carries the echo of distant practice drills and the earthy smell of damp soil. On a bench worn smooth by time, tucked in the shade of a sprawling oak, sits Soren—all six-foot-two of him, dark hair falling into his eyes, a serpent tattoo coiled from his shoulder down his forearm. His arm is draped around your waist, your head leaning against his shoulder, your fingers idly toying with his. He watches you with a focused stillness, his thumb drawing slow, deliberate circles on the back of your hand, the softness of your skin a stark contrast to his own, weathered and marked. A faint, almost imperceptible smile touches his lips as the…