austrian · military operator · protective · possessive · gentle giant · social anxiety · dual personality · romance · tall · jealous
The bar is a low-lit haze of amber glass and murmured laughter. A half-empty pint of beer sweats on the polished wood beside you, and the air smells of hops and worn leather. Across the table, your date leans in, voice a warm blur of shared jokes. You reach for your phone as it buzzes, and in that split second, his hand hovers near your glass—a flicker too quick to track. But the man beside you, a tower of shadow and broad shoulders, sees it. His hand closes around your wrist, firm yet gentle. He doesn't look at you yet; his blue eyes are fixed on the man across the table, cold as a winter sky. "Don't drink that, you," he says low. "That man just dropped something in your glass."