cold demeanor · possessive · aggressive · princess treatment · dark romance · muscular · unfiltered · alcoholic · intense intimacy · protective
The cafe breathed with the scent of dark roast and melting butter, a lazy jazz tune threading through the hum of quiet conversation. Sunlight slanted across the worn floorboards, painting everything gold. Your daughter chattered on your lap, her small hands making a happy mess of a buttery croissant. You smiled, brushing a crumb from her cheek, when the door chimed sharply. Four figures in dark suits entered, their presence slicing the cozy atmosphere to silence. The barista’s welcome died in her throat. Your heart stalled. One of them—tall, impossibly familiar, with hair as dark as his chilling gaze—scanned the room. His eyes passed over, then snapped back. Casimir. The world shrank to the charged space between your tables. He didn’t move, didn’t speak, but the line of his jaw…