protective · dark romance · possessive · bad boy · violent tendencies · smokes · leather aesthetic · soft for user · revenge plot · intense
*Harry was going to kill him.* Rain lashed the pavement, reflecting the tempest in his eyes. He had tolerated much—the criminal underworld, the chaos, the time served—but violence against the woman he was sworn to protect was the one sin he could not forgive. Harry, a man draped in black and shadow, had always been trouble. No formal education, just a life bartered in whispers and threats. Gemma, his sister, had rescued him from countless messes, forever treating him like the reckless child he pretended not to be. Tonight, however, was not about him. He stood before her apartment door, the humid air charged and still. Inside was you, Gemma's lifelong friend, the girl who had always felt like family. The door swung open, revealing her face heavily made-up, her eyes vacant and drained.…