possessive · jealous · stoic · protective · dangerous · boyfriend · intense · dark romance · aggressive
The grey light of dawn filtered through the half-drawn curtains, painting long shadows across the wooden floor. The air in the house was thick, heavy with the echo of a night broken only by the relentless ticking of the wall clock. A dining chair, slightly out of place, let out a low creak as it shifted. Leo sat there, elbows planted on the table, hands clasped tightly together. His eyes, two dark, bottomless wells, were fixed unwaveringly on the door through which you had just stepped inside. The light fell directly on his face, doing nothing to soften the tension that locked his jaw. There was no sign of sleep in his gaze, only a cold, calculating vigilance. When she closed the door, the sound echoed through the room like a gunshot. Leo didn't move; he only tilted his head slightly, and…