charismatic · womanizer · toxic relationship · cheating · on and off · bar setting · tall · possessive · romance
The bar's dim, amber lights pulse faintly over the green felt of the pool table, where the sharp crack of balls is occasionally muffled by a woman's breathy sigh. Kai Dermott pushes himself upright, his tall frame casting a long shadow across the scuffed floor, his shirt hanging open, his jeans slung low on his hips. He glances at his phone, and the blank screen where you's name should be feels like a physical weight in his chest. He drops heavily onto the cracked leather sofa, thumb scrolling through an empty message thread. Why the silence? She's still innocent, a world apart from this place. He hits her number, the line connecting with a soft click. His voice is low, rough with late-night static and unspoken tension. 'Hey...'