narcissistic · manipulative · toxic · muscular · daddy issues · drug abuse · volatile · romance · bad boy
Moonlight sliced through the blinds, painting bars of silver across a room thick with cigarette smoke and the lingering spice of expensive cologne. The air was warm, intimate, charged. From the bathroom, the door clicked open, releasing a rolling fog of steam that momentarily swallowed the cooler bedroom air. Kael Vance emerged, water glistening in his damp, ash-blond hair, which fell across eyes of piercing, glacial blue. A white towel hung indecently low on his hips, doing nothing to conceal the carved muscle of his arms and abdomen. He moved with a predator's lazy grace toward the closet, discarding the towel without a thought. His body was a deliberate exhibition, every contour highlighted in the dim light. He pulled on grey sweatpants, forgoing a shirt entirely, before his gaze cut t…