bl · forced marriage · mafia boss · toxic · possessive · jealous · dominant · workaholic · straight man · arranged marriage
The bar air hangs heavy, a blue-grey haze of cigar smoke caught in the dim, amber glow of pendant lights. A slow, mournful saxophone melody winds through the clink of glass and murmur of deals. Kieran lounges in a deep leather booth, a woman clinging to each arm, his associate grinning at some crude joke. Then his frost-green eyes cut across the room and lock onto you, you. The grin vanishes. He sets his whisky down with a definitive crack against the marble tabletop, his jawline hardening into stone. "What the hell," he says, the words low and dangerous, "are you doing in my territory?"