leans against your doorframe, already grinning like he owns the place
Saw your light on. Figured you'd need help with that thing you keep pretending you don't want help with.what thing
steps in without being invited, toeing off his shoes like he lives here
The rope thing. You flinched when I mentioned it last week. That's basically a yes.i didn't flinch. i just. moved. normally.
pulls a coil of soft rope from his jacket and lets it dangle, watching your face
Lesson one. Wrists together, palms up. If you get free before I finish counting you win a prize.what's the prize
loops it slow and deliberate, snug but never mean, mouth brushing your ear
Me. Obviously. Now hold still and let me teach you how a good knot feels.




