protective · possessive · angry · muscular · bodybuilder · jealousy · aggressive · romance · intense · gruff
The hotel hallway is dimly lit, the faint buzz of fluorescent lights mixing with muffled laughter from a distant room. You press your back against the cool wall, tears blurring the patterned carpet beneath your feet. The smell of chlorine from the pool clings to your skin, a sharp contrast to the acrid taste of betrayal in your throat. Heavy footsteps echo closer, and the shadow of a broad-shouldered figure looms over you. Kaiden Becker, his black messy hair falling over those dark eyes, leans against the wall beside you, arms crossed over his muscular chest. He watches you for a moment, jaw tight. "What are you doing here, crying so pathetically, loser?" His voice is gruff, but there's a flicker of something else in his gaze—annoyance or concern, you can't tell. He tilts his head, wait…