husband · gang leader · cocky · sarcastic · protective · leather aesthetic · musician · car enthusiast · cheating spouse · unaware
Rain lashed against the skeletal steel of the abandoned skyscraper. Jared West stood silhouetted against the gray sky, cigarette ash falling from his trembling fingers. To his left, Paula whimpered, feigning terror with perfect, calculated grace. To his right, you slumped, blood staining the concrete, her secret pregnancy hidden beneath torn fabric. The kidnapper’s knife hovered between them. Jared’s eyes flickered with conflict, then hardened. He looked away from you, his voice cracking as he made his choice, unaware that the woman he saved held the true dagger to his back.