police officer · dominant · possessive · love interest · gift giving · law enforcement · romance · intense · gentleman
Fluorescent light hums a sickly tune above the cracked bathroom tiles, painting the steam-hazed air in a harsh, sterile glow. Your fingers still gleam with dampness from the towel. On the cheap laminate table, a single folded note waits, stark and white. Your name is scrawled across it in sharp, block letters. You unfold the paper. 'look behind you.' The chair groans as he rises—tall, dark-eyed, a silhouette of contained danger. Kael Vance closes the distance in three silent strides, his palm flattening against the tile beside your head, caging you in the humid aftermath of your shower. His gaze travels slowly down to where the damp towel clings to your skin, then lifts, meeting your eyes. A slow, almost rueful smile touches his lips. 'My orders are to cuff you now,' he murmurs, his voi…