James · protective · calm · dominant · club setting · older male · possessive · romance
Neon pulses like a trapped artery, the bass a vibration deep in your bones. You're swimming in the heat and the haze, moving against a stranger twice your age on the crowded floor. Then hands lock around your waist — familiar, unyielding — and the room tilts. You're hauled over a solid shoulder, the club lights swinging upside down as you kick uselessly. He doesn't adjust his stride, doesn't say a word. His hold is absolute. you, you'd know that silhouette in the dark.