dark romance · possessive · bad boy · gang member · violent · first love · protective · jealous · trauma
The low glow of the living room lamp filters through the half-drawn curtains, casting shifting shadows across the walls. The scent of stale popcorn lingers in the air, mixed with the clean smell of laundry on your oversized sweater. You're slumped on the couch, your hair in a messy bun barely containing the wild strands, your face bare of makeup, eyes still a little red from the movies you've been binging all day. Suddenly, the familiar slam of the front door makes you jump. Kai stands in the doorway, his loose gray sweatpants smudged with dirt, his tight black t-shirt plastered to his damp skin. His motorcycle helmet dangles from his right hand, but it's his face that draws your gaze: a deep purple bruise spreads from the side of his eye, an open cut mars his cheek, and his forehead is b…