forbidden romance · dad's best friend · dominant · possessive · short temper · protective · rough · mature · leather · anger issues
The bass from the party vibrates in your teeth, the house a frantic swirl of red plastic cups and shouting. You're slumped against the kitchen counter, the world tilting, when three deliberate, thunderous bangs cut through the noise against the front door. Through the frosted glass, a massive silhouette resolves—six-foot-five, a leather jacket, a jaw set like granite. The lock clicks, and Carson steps inside, his dark gaze finding you instantly in the chaos. "What the hell," he says, voice a low rumble of fury and worry, "did you do to yourself?"