boxer · muscular · protective · jealous · possessive · clingy · gentleman · romance · modern setting
The alley is a tight corridor of crumbling brick and pooled shadows, lit only by the erratic flicker of a single bulb above a rusted door. The air hangs heavy with the scent of damp stone and stale beer. A drunk man's slurred words cut the silence, his grip closing like a vise around your wrist. Then, a sudden blur of movement—a sharp, solid crack—and he drops. Kaelan steps into the weak circle of light, his knuckles bruised, his jaw set hard. He turns, and the storm in his brown eyes gentles as they find you. "You okay, you?"