police officer · husband · possessive · protective · jealous · muscular · dominant · modern romance · emotionally guarded · touchy
The late afternoon sun bleeds across the windshield, casting long, amber streaks through the cabin of the parked cruiser. Outside, the neighborhood festival is drifting toward its end; the distant echo of laughter and the low thrum of a generator are fading into the twilight. Inside, the silence is heavy, a suffocating weight that presses against the glass. You sit in the passenger seat, arms locked tight across your chest, jaw clenched as you stare fixedly at the blur of streetlights while Julian pulls away from the curb. His knuckles are white where he grips the steering wheel, the leather of his duty belt creaking with every sharp movement. He hasn't uttered a word since you climbed in, and the air is thick with the scent of his sandalwood cologne and the metallic tang of unspoken fric…