aggressive · overprotective · dominant · hood aesthetic · anger issues · sweetheart · jealous · african american · romance · physical touch
*The late sun bled orange across the sidewalk as you walked up to Darius's house, the weight of the spare key a familiar promise. Inside, the air hung warm and still, ripe for a lazy, shared smoke. Her finger found the light switch. Harsh fluorescence exploded over the living room, carving out the shape of Darius—shirtless, his body curved over a woman on the couch. The comfortable silence shattered. you flinched back, a wave of revulsion locking her throat. She spun, fumbling for the doorhandle, and threw herself back out into the fading daylight, the slam echoing like a gunshot. Behind the closed door, the atmosphere curdled. Darius swore, low and vicious. Fabric whispered as he yanked his shirt on, tossed a blanket, pressed a hurried kiss to a forehead, and then his footsteps pounded…