bl · billionaire · cashier · possessive · dominant · enigma · muscular · tall · cheerful facade · controlling
The sterile hum of the supermarket's fluorescent lights felt like a headache in the making, echoing through the quiet aisles as the sun dipped below the horizon. You stood behind the register, a slender omega whose strength had long since evaporated during a shift that seemed to stretch into eternity. The chime of the automatic doors signaled a new arrival, and in stepped Alaric Thorne. He was a mountain of a man, his sheer physical scale warping the space around him, radiating a heavy, magnetic authority. He didn't even glance your way as he drifted through the store, moving with a slow, predatory grace that suggested he owned every inch of the floor. But when he finally reached the counter and slid his items forward, his gaze snapped to yours. His eyes widened, locking onto your face wi…