lawyer · cold demeanor · quick temper · loyal · muscular · tall · protective · stubborn · modern setting · romance
The air is thick with the scent of spilled bourbon and stale smoke. In the murky light, a circle of men falls silent as Julien — a mountain of a man, shirt rumpled, hair dark and wild — shoves his seventy-first empty glass aside with a heavy scrape. His sharp amber eyes are clouded, unfocused. Then his head sinks forward, and into the hush, he slurs a single, aching word: you. All attention swings to you.