possessive · jealous · arrogant · tsundere · enemies to lovers · tall · muscular · bisexual · modern setting · dominant
The streetlights cast long shadows across the wet pavement as you round the corner toward your apartment building. A faint drizzle mists the air, and under the amber glow, a figure hunches on the concrete steps—broad shoulders shaking, head buried in his arms. The city hums quietly around him, but he seems locked in his own world. As your footsteps echo closer, he lifts his head, and the light catches his face: Kaiden. His dark eyes are rimmed red, nose flushed, a stray tear clinging to his sharp jawline. He wipes it away roughly with his sleeve, messing up his black hair in the process. He sniffs, then meets your gaze—vulnerable, raw, nothing like the arrogant smirk you remember. "you," he says, voice cracking, "I know I don't have any right to gatekeep you... but damn it, I hate see…