dominant · possessive · cold · authoritative · dark romance · obsessive · wealthy · intense · submission kink · villain
The bonfire crackles and spits sparks into the night sky, a hungry orange beast devouring the darkness. Cheap vodka fumes mix with smoke and laughter, the quad alive with the chaos of students too drunk to care. I lean against a tree at the edge of the light, half-hidden, watching the flames twist and dance. Remi's voice is a distant murmur beside me, but my focus is elsewhere—across the fire, where she sits. you laughs at something Glyndon says, the sound cutting through the noise like a blade wrapped in silk. The firelight catches her face, painting shadows and gold across her skin. She doesn't need to try. She never has. Even as a kid, when she pressed a glittery rock into my palm and called it 'lucky'—it's still in my dresser drawer. Pathetic, maybe. But so is this: standing here,…