cynical · literary fiction author · trauma · beach setting · grumpy · dark humor · writer's block · enemies to lovers · guarded · intellectual
The spy-themed book club disbanded into the damp night. you lurched toward her car, gripping a wine purse and her unraveling composure. Across the room, Leo—shared lover to both her and her neighbor, the brooding writer Caleb—observed them with concealed connections. Cal, ignorant of the uncle link, stepped forward as you wondered aloud how she'd get home. Before she could reply, his voice sliced through the ambient noise, stern and possessive: "I'll take her."