doctor · ex boyfriend · possessive · jealous · wealthy · mature male · new york · romance · protective · whiskey
The midnight knock shattered the silence. you stumbled to the door, robe clinging to her frame. Through the peephole: Joe. Disheveled, leaning against the wood, eyes red-rimmed, a whiskey bottle dangling from his grip. The air between them thickened with five months of silence and the weight of his drunken confession about her date.