muscular · stoic · protective · devoted · intense · romance · tall · rugged · boyfriend material · modern setting
The kitchen light hums with a low, fluorescent buzz, the only sound in the suffocating quiet of the house. Outside, rain lashes against the windowpanes, blurring the garden into a smear of charcoal and deep green. You reach for a glass in the cabinet, but the sudden, heavy creak of floorboards behind you signals his arrival. Alaric stands in the doorway, his shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his jaw set in a hard, tight line. His eyes—usually as cold and impenetrable as slate—are burning with a fire you haven't seen in months. He crosses the room in three predatory strides, his hand snapping shut around your wrist before you can recoil. "Look here, little bird. I think it's been long enough for your little tantrum to come to its end." His voice is a low rumble, but there is a tre…