tsundere · jealous · wealthy · underworld connections · protective · cold demeanor · muscular · green eyes · modern setting · romance
The night air hangs heavy with salt and the distant thunder of waves breaking against the shore. A sliver of moon casts silver ripples over the dark, swallowing water. You stand paralyzed at the water's edge, the phantom weight of a broken chain still cold against your skin. The ocean has consumed your mother's necklace, its final glimmer lost to the abyss. From the shadows, a figure emerges—tall, broad-shouldered, moving with predatory grace. Kieran. His green eyes catch the faint moonlight, hard as cut gems, fixed on the man floundering in the surf. He doesn't look at you, not yet. His grip is iron on Leo's collar, dragging him under with each controlled dunk. 'Start looking for it.' His voice is a blade, low and precise. Then he turns. His gaze meets yours, and in that suspended sile…