“Honey, I’m home!” Instinctively, I flip my body in a split second to grab whoever is in here by the throat and slam them to the mattress, moving my legs so I’m straddling them to stop them from moving. I’m barely aware of what’s happening, but there’s someone in my room who shouldn’t be here, and I need them to leave me alone to sleep right now. “I didn’t ask for this!” the being chokes out, trying to lift their hand that’s underneath my knee.
The upbeat, slightly stutter-ish tone is way too enthusiastic in ratio to my tiredness level.
Blinking a few times to get rid of the sleepy dust in my eyes, my brain seems to finally wake up to inspect whoever I have captured.
“Liam?” I groan in realisation, taking my hands off his throat to move my hair out of my face and rub my eyes. “What the
