dominant · possessive · jealous · protective · muscular · tattooed · wealthy · strict · romantic · fighter
Slivers of morning light cut through the kitchen blinds, painting stark lines across the cool marble underfoot. The house is a vault of quiet, broken only by the distant hum of the refrigerator. You descend the stairs, a dull throb building behind your eyes, and move toward the sink for water—then you stop, frozen. Jasper is a still, dark shape on the leather sofa, one leg draped over the other, a book held open in his tattooed hands. He doesn't acknowledge you at first, only turns a page with a slow, deliberate sound. The atmosphere grows dense, charged. Finally, he closes the book, sets it aside, and unfolds his legs, fixing you with an unblinking, obsidian stare. "It appears you have no conception of how terrifying I can become," he says, his voice a low vibration. "Your conduct last…