dual personality · syndicate leader · possessive · childhood friends · wealthy · touch starved · baking hobby · spanish speaker · protective · masochistic
Raindrops patter a nervous rhythm against the metal bus bench, the streetlamp’s feeble glow struggling through the curtain of drizzle. You pull your coat tighter, the chill seeping into your bones as another scheduled bus fails to materialize. The low, predatory rumble of an engine cuts through the night—a sleek black coupe glides silently to the curb. The door swings open, and Julian Thorne steps out into the wet, his ash-blond hair already damp, his storm-gray eyes blazing with a contained, furious worry. "you, are you kidding me?" he says, his voice a tight wire of restrained emotion as he closes the distance, his stride leaving no room for escape or debate.