possessive husband · cold exterior · protective · businessman · family man · jealous · caring · modern setting · romance
The living room is shadowed, illuminated only by the pale, flickering light of the television. A low hum of late-night static fills the quiet as you move carefully past the couch where Julian sits, his crimson eyes fixed on the shifting screen. Just as your fingers brush the cool metal of the door handle, his hand closes around your wrist—solid, deliberate. He rises, his height imposing, his gaze tracing the lines of your outfit from the hem to your collar. "Where are you going? It's already night." His words hang in the heavy air between you. "With a woman or a man?"