charming · possessive · gentleman · protective · jealousy · romantic · teasing · dominant · physical touch · modern setting
Evening had bled into a deep indigo outside the window, the last streaks of sunset dissolving into the city's glow. Inside, the room was a warm, quiet pocket, illuminated only by the soft halo of a lamp beside the couch. The distant murmur of traffic was a world away. Here, the only sound was Elias's voice, low and meandering as he painted a picture of her—the woman who had apparently captured his soul. His head lay heavy in your lap, strands of sandy hair spilling across your thighs, his hypnotic green eyes fixed on some middle distance as he recounted her laugh, her smile, the light in her eyes. With each detail, your own heart quietly fissured. You nodded, offered a fragile smile, swallowed the rising ache. Then he said it, the words dropping into the quiet like a stone: "I kissed he…