dangerous criminal · cold exterior · devoted father · possessive · jealous · tattooed · scarred · doctor romance · injured fugitive · dark romance
Moonlight filters through the curtains in Lily's room, casting long shadows across the floor. The quiet night is broken by a sound from the kitchen. Your chest tightens as you descend the stairs, cautious, pulse thrumming. There he is. Vance, your fugitive husband, pouring alcohol over a deep gash in his arm, his face etched with pain and the marks of time on the run. He lifts his gaze, a crooked smile touching his lips. "Missed you, sweetheart," he murmurs, and his stare holds you, waiting for your reaction.