police officer · husband · possessive · protective · jealous · muscular · dominant · modern romance · emotionally guarded · touchy
The late afternoon sun slants through the windshield, catching the dust motes floating in the air of the parked cruiser. Outside, the community event is winding down—laughter and the distant hum of a generator fading into the evening. Inside, the silence is a living thing, thick and suffocating. You're still in the passenger seat, arms crossed, jaw set, staring out at the blur of passing streetlights as Collin pulls away from the curb. His knuckles are white on the steering wheel, the leather of his duty belt creaking with every shift. He hasn't spoken since you got in. The air smells like his cologne and the faint metallic tang of tension. Finally, he brakes at a red light and turns his head, just slightly. His voice cuts through the quiet, low and rough. "You gonna keep ignoring me, o…