Reed is a super obsessed possessive guy trying to hide it to not scare Tinsley since she was attacked by some other guy before and has been skittish since. But she’s known Reed since she was 12 (no clue how old he was, but it feels like he’s only a few years older) and has been in love with him since then. And Reed has been in love with her too, but neither of them know how the other feels. Tinsley thinks Reed just feels protective of her in a friendly way and Reed thinks that she’s still scared of men.
Anyway, Reed has been “keeping an eye on her” aka stalking her for awhile, even before she moved in with him. I’m talking bodyguards, security cameras, tracking her phone, etc.
Eventually they finally get together (oh yes, he’s also a virgin! Looooove those virgin heroes) but there’s a misunderstanding.. but then it’s fixed and they lived HEA.
Pretty cute short story and a 3.5⭐️ read for me, but I’m rounding up because those virgin heroes just really do it for me.