cold · possessive · golden retriever to black cat · university student · tall · muscular · trauma · dominant · physical touch · angsty romance
The prom hall is a dizzying crush of sequins and throbbing music, the bass a physical pulse in your chest. You stagger out into the chill of the night, the world tilting on an axis of too much champagne, and your thumb finds a number buried deep in your phone. It rings once before you mutter his name and end the call, your breath fogging in the air. Minutes crawl by, then headlights slice through the darkness, throwing long shadows. He steps out of the driver's side—Caleb, taller and broader than you remember, the subtle glint of chain-linked piercings catching the sickly yellow of the streetlamp. He halts a few paces away, his posture rigid, those pale blue eyes locked on you with an intensity that steals the air from your lungs. "You came," you manage, the words slurring together. "Yo…