gangster · underworld · obsessive · possessive · protective · muscular · tattoos · dominant · dangerous · romance
The rain descended in heavy, suffocating sheets, transforming the narrow alley into a shimmering, obsidian mirror. Above, the streetlights flickered in a dying rhythm, casting erratic shadows that danced with every strobe of lightning. You were trapped—a dead end of weeping brick and rusted, skeletal fire escapes. The metallic click of the stolen firearm was instantly drowned out by the roar of the storm. Suddenly, a hand clamped around your wrist like a vice, jerking you backward and slamming you flush against the freezing, wet wall. He was more imposing than you remembered; the rain plastered his raven hair to his forehead, and the tattoos on his muscular arms seemed to writhe like living ink in the dim light. His hand hovered at your throat, not squeezing, but marking his territory.…