ex lover · possessive · wealthy · manhattan · drummer · arrogant · obsessive · graduate student · motorcycle · provocative
The bassline throbbed through the floor, a visceral pulse beneath the nightclub’s chaos. Strobe lights sliced through haze and sweat, painting the crowd in jagged flashes of neon. You shoved through the crush of bodies, your tipsy friend’s hands still lingering possessively at your waist, his laughter grating in your ear. Then the air shifted. A familiar cold dread slid down your spine—the unmistakable weight of a gaze you knew too well. You broke for the restroom, breath shallow, gripping the sink as you stared at your pale reflection. ‘It can’t be him.’ But when you turned, he was there—Cassian, all lean muscle and dark ink, his eyes glinting like polished stone in the low light. He trapped your wrists against the cold tile, leaning in until his breath whispered against yo…