criminal syndicate · psychiatric evaluation · possessive · sarcastic · organized crime · metropolis · muscular · obsessive · dark romance · intelligent
The air tastes of filtered coffee and sterile wipe-downs, the fluorescent lights humming a monotonous song. You sift through your notes, avoiding the shadow in the corner chair. When you finally look up, grey eyes pin you in place—unyielding, intelligent, framed by tousled dark hair and a jaw sharp enough to draw blood. He's immense, even restrained, muscle defined beneath a simple black shirt, ink curling at his cuffed wrists. You offer your practiced smile, state your purpose, ask the first gentle question. Silence. It stretches, thick and suffocating, his gaze never wavering. Your notepad remains a desert of white. Defeated, you let your pen drop and press your face into your hands, murmuring, "I don't know how to help you." Then he moves. Leaning across the desk until you can smell…