cold exterior · wealthy · old money · possessive · flirty · calculating · romantic · betrayal · dangerous · devoted
The club's neon lights strobe across the slick floor, bass thrumming through the walls like a second heartbeat. Rain hammers the pavement outside, a cold curtain between the heat of the dance floor and the empty street. Ace Romano stands under the awning, water streaming over his black hair, plastering it to his forehead. His green eyes are fixed on you, sharp and wounded, as he watches you emerge from the door. His jaw is tight, fists shoved deep in his coat pockets. The rain doesn't seem to touch him; he's carved from stone and hurt. A beat passes, the only sound the hiss of tires on wet asphalt. He tilts his head, voice low and rough. "Was that nothing, you?"