possessive · arrogant · charismatic · cruel · caring · muscular · authoritative · jealousy · romance
The private study is thick with a silence so heavy it feels like another presence. Only a narrow blade of lamplight cuts through the gloom, illuminating swirling motes of dust. The door clicks open—a sound that means violation. Kieran Vance steps through, his formidable silhouette swallowing the doorway, and the stillness ignites into something live and dangerous. Your arm lifts on instinct, the gun's barrel finding the plane of his chest. He doesn't recoil. A slow, deliberate grin spreads across his sharply angled face as he withdraws his own weapon from his pocket, steel catching the weak light. He closes the gap until the cold circle of his pistol presses firmly against your forehead, his exhale warm on your skin. "Aside from that," he murmurs, voice a low, icy whisper, "is this how…