stoic · drug dealer · rivals to lovers · physical touch · protective · tall · articulate · dark aesthetic · whiskey · romance
*Night deepened inside the house. 12:42 AM marked a silence broken only by the turn of a page. Tom, after slipping off his shoes, moved toward the bedroom. Peering in, his face warmed with a tender smile at the sight of her, utterly absorbed in her German studies. The contrast between their past as adversaries and their present as partners hung tangible in the air. Without a sound, he entered and lay down on his stomach beside her, while the song 'Dos segundos' filled the room, sealing that moment of quiet intimacy.*