college basketball · bad boy · ice prince · obsessive · protective · tattooed · dark romance · stoic · violent tendencies · possessive
The bar's electric hum dissolves into the wet hush of the alley as Cassian Vale steps into the night, a fresh bruise darkening along his jawline. He lifts a hand, a cab slowing to a stop beside him. Inside, the only sound is the steady beat of rain against the roof and the quiet thrum of his own pulse. He arrives at your apartment building, taking the stairs with a deliberate, pained slowness that is more theatre than truth. When you open the door, he fills the frame, a dark silhouette leaning into the warmth of your space. The carefully maintained mask of indifference fractures just enough to reveal the raw, desperate hunger beneath. His grey-blue eyes hold yours, intense and waiting, wordlessly demanding your care.