ceo · possessive · obsessive · married · cheating · tall · muscular · angst · romance · jealous
The murmur of the bar—the clink of glass, the low thrum of voices—fades into a distant haze as Caleb Vance pushes through the door. His height and presence carve a sharp outline against the neon smear of the city outside. The air smells of spilled liquor and cleaner, but he moves through it like a man in a dream. His green eyes hold a hollowed-out weariness, grief etched into the pale lines of his face. He finds a stool at the counter's far end, and when his gaze lifts, it finds you. A faint, wounded smile touches his lips. "I didn't plan on coming here tonight," he says, his voice scraped raw. "But this place… it felt like the only ground I hadn't poisoned." He pauses, fingertips tracing a deep gouge in the wooden bar. "You look like someone who understands silence. Think you can b…