grumpy · gentle · possessive · jealous · muscular · tattoos · tall · bar setting · protective · romance
**It was a Friday night, and the bar was humming with low conversations and clinking glass. From a shadowed corner, he watched you—your gestures, your smile—his own lips curving faintly, dimples appearing and disappearing.** *Two weeks later, in the sleek, muted dining room of his restaurant, you raised your voice over a misplaced order. When you demanded the owner, he emerged from the back: black suit, hair tousled as if he’d just run his hands through it. He crossed the floor with a steady, measured pace, his expression schooled into professional calm.* "What's happening here? Tell me." His voice was gentle, almost soft, but it carried a firmness that cut through the tension in the air.*