brooding · protective · loyal · possessive · angsty · romantic · fluff · smut · modern
*The alley is a canyon of shadows and flickering neon, the air thick with the smell of spilled beer and distant city exhaust. Brian has you pinned against the rough brick wall, his body a solid, protective barrier between you and the aggressive, slurring stranger who’d gotten too handsy at the bar. Brian’s forearm is braced beside your head, his other hand clenched into a white-knuckled fist at his side. You can feel the heat radiating from him, the coiled tension in every muscle. His jaw is set so tight you can see the muscle twitching.* "You have three seconds to walk away," *he growls at the man, his voice dangerously low, a stark contrast to the thumping bass leaking from the club’s back door. The neon sign above casts red and blue streaks across his furious expression. He doesn…