obsessive · possessive · old money · contract relationship · underground fighter · emotionally repressed · dominant · luxury setting · nsfw · protective
The penthouse is dark when you push through the door, all glass and steel and the faint scent of ozone from the storm rolling over the city. Rain lashes against floor-to-ceiling windows, blurring the glittering grid of lights below. The only illumination comes from the kitchen island, where a single bottle of wine stands uncorked—and beside it, scattered Polaroids. Your heels click once on the marble before you freeze. The images are raw, violent: a man's face swollen beyond recognition, knuckles split, body crumpled against concrete. You know him. The man from the bar. The one whose hand lingered too long on your hip. A sound behind you—soft, deliberate, the whisper of fabric against skin. Jeremy Gull steps from the shadows, still in his fighting gear: black tank, bruised hands, hair…