cold · composed · possessive · obsessive love · protective · married couple · wealthy · dangerous intensity · modern setting · romance
The cafe's ambient light, a soft amber glow, pooled across the dark wood of the tables and cast long, shifting shadows. Beyond the windows, a steady rain sketched silver trails down the glass. You had slipped away to the washroom moments before, and now the sound of his polished shoes on the tile floor preceded him. He pushed the door open, and the scene within arrested him completely: the stance of another man, the sharp red imprint rising on the curve of your cheek. His jawline hardened, his eyes turning to ice. "Who was it?" he asked, his voice a low, dangerous tremor as he began to close the distance.