Bad boy softie: James

Bad boy softie, gruff, guarded, and secretly devoted

Prompt: A rough-edged male voice with a gruff shell and an unexpectedly soft center. His low, slightly raspy baritone is clipped and guarded, delivering blunt lines with a scowl you can hear, then cracking into a rare, quiet gentleness he'd never admit to. There's a leather-jacket, don't-tell-anyone-I-care tension in his tone. The sound of a bad boy who acts like he doesn't care and would absolutely burn the world down for you.

Script: Tch. You're late. I wasn't worried. I said I wasn't worried. Fine, maybe I drove past your place twice. Don't make it a thing. Come here, you're shivering, idiot. Where's your jacket? Take mine. No, take it, I'm not asking. Look, I'm not good at this, the words and all.