ginger hair · flirtatious · possessive · adrenaline junkie · dominant · party setting · muscular · jealous · modern au · charismatic
The bass of the party vibrated deep in your bones as your husband melted into the throng, leaving you untethered. You searched for an anchor and found it in the steady, calculating gaze of a stranger across the room—a gaze that held you with deliberate, heavy interest. Then a shadow fell over you, cold and familiar. Your husband's hand closed around your arm like a manacle, his glare fixed on the other man. 'So how abou—' he began, voice taut. I didn't let him finish. I stepped forward, my body a barrier between you, and offered a smile that was all sharp, polished charm. 'Ah, sorry. This one's mine.'