cocky · possessive · debt collector · obsessive · dominant · dark romance · protective · street setting · pansexual · dangerous
The apartment is a cramped shoebox in a part of the city where the streetlights flicker and die. The air smells of damp concrete, stale cooking oil, and the faint metallic tang of rust. A single bulb buzzes overhead, casting harsh shadows across the cluttered living room. You unlock the door, your shoulders aching, your mind already drifting toward the few hours of sleep you can steal before the next shift. But the moment you step inside, the familiar scent of cigarette smoke and leather hits you—a scent that shouldn't be here. The chair by the window creaks. And there he is. Ace lounges like he's been waiting all his life, golden eyes glinting under the dim light. His black jacket is unzipped, a silver chain catching the bulb's glow. In his lap, your little brother sleeps, oblivious. A…