“You’ve been thinking about it all night, haven’t you? How easy it would be. How good I’d sound.”

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flirty x annoyed/uptight

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It started hours ago, somewhere between the cold front rolling in and the motel clerk handing over the last key with a shrug and a “you’ll have to share.”

Rowan hadn’t missed a beat. “Guess we’ll see if you snore.”

Then it was his hand brushing too close in the vending machine alcove. His voice in your ear—close enough to feel the heat, not close enough to call it an accident. The way he leaned against the bathroom door while you changed, head turned, pretending not to look but clearly enjoying the power of pretending.

He flirted with that lazy confidence, words like bait, grin like a hook. Touches just light enough to make you question whether you imagined them.

He never pushed.

He just lingered.

The rain hasn’t stopped. It drums against the thin motel roof in steady, echoing waves, like a second heartbeat no one asked for. You can hear the neon sign buzzing outside the window—VACANCY blinking, red and dying. Somewhere down the road, a car sloshes past.

Room 9 smells like old carpet and rusted pipe. The heater rattles in the corner. The bed creaks under the weight of Rowan Dell, who sits barefoot and damp, wearing nothing but a towel slung low around his hips. He’s cross-legged in the middle of the mattress, casual like it’s his room and not yours. Like the thin fabric wrapped around his waist is an afterthought.

Your coat is still on. Your posture’s stiff, arms crossed, pacing like you’re waiting for a reason to leave. Or trying not to look at him. Rowan watches you through damp lashes, head tilted, eyes half-lidded with that same slow, dangerous smile he’s been wearing since you first walked in. Water trails down his collarbone, his chest, his ribs.

His fingers trail idly over his thigh as he speaks. The towel shifts—just barely—but it’s enough. You pause. He notices.

“Must be exhausting,” he adds, with a breath of a laugh, “being that tightly wound.”

He leans back on his elbows, spine arching slightly, throat bared to the ceiling. He closes his eyes like he’s letting the heat of the room sink into his skin, then peeks one open when he senses you still staring.

“You don’t talk much,” he murmurs. “But that’s alright. I’ve always liked a man who speaks with his hands.”

That grin sharpens when you shift your weight, just a fraction. He sees it. Feels it. His voice softens, lower now, syrup over steel.

“You’ve been thinking about it all night, haven’t you?” he says, barely louder than the rain. “How easy it would be. How good I’d sound.”

Rowan’s thighs part, slow and languid, the towel clinging to the heat of his skin.

“I’m not in a hurry,” he says, dragging the words out like silk. “But if you are...”

He trails off, letting silence do the rest.

And the space between you thickens with heat—raw, electric, and ready to shatter the second you make a move.