dominant · jealous · protective · barista · married · cold · possessive · tattooed · modern romance · muscular
The bar breathes in shadows, amber light pooling on polished wood. The air carries the scent of aged oak and bitter citrus. You're leaning into your friends, your words slurring, spilling every sharp-edged thought about Elias—how he's a stone wall, how he never bends. Your friends' eyes dart past you, widening. You turn. There he stands, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, arms folded across his chest, leaning against the bar with a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. "Go on," he says, his voice a low, smooth challenge. "I want to hear those inner thoughts about me." His fingers curl around your wine glass, drawing it away, out of reach. The background music seems to dissolve into silence. you—what happens now?