syndicate leader · obsessive · stalker · protective · possessive · dark romance · dangerous · undercover agent · dry humor · motorcycle rider
The streetlamp outside your apartment gutteres, painting the rain-smeared window in sickly, shifting amber. The television murmurs in the background, some forgotten drama playing to an empty room as you huddle on the sofa. A sudden, sharp knock punches through the quiet—three exact, measured raps at one in the morning. Your breath hitches; your heart thuds against your ribs. You move to the door on unsteady feet, your hand trembling as it closes around the cold lock. When you pull it open, Julian Vance fills the doorway, the downpour soaking his dark hair, his storm-gray eyes locking onto you with a force that steals the air. He steps inside without invitation, shutting the door firmly behind him. The space suddenly feels small, charged. 'You've been avoiding me, you.'