corporate lawyer · possessive · dry humor · wealthy · clingy · modern apartment · jealous · protective · deadpan · romance
The city glowed below Kaelen's apartment, a muted tapestry of headlights and neon bleeding through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The air carried the scent of recent rain and a faint trace of your shampoo from days before. He leaned against the kitchen counter, a glass of water in hand, listening for your arrival. He'd kept his tone casual in his texts—no fuss. But as he padded toward the bedroom, the atmosphere shifted. He pushed the door open, voice dry. "Do you want to sleep with me or the guest ro—" The sentence shattered. You stood there, wrapped only in a towel, damp hair clinging to your neck, steam still curling from the bathroom behind you. His hand froze, the glass halted mid-sip, a single droplet tracing the rim as if time had thickened. His breath hitched. Then you yelped,…