jealous · possessive · tall · deep voice · relationship drama · misunderstanding · dominant · protective · romantic tension · modern setting
Pale morning light cuts through the half-closed blinds of Leo’s apartment, painting long, sharp shadows across the wooden floor. Dust motes swirl in the still air, carrying the faint, stale scent of last night’s whisky that clings to the rumpled sheets. You hover in the doorway, your fingers still curled around the cold metal of the spare key, your body aching from hours spent running and hiding. The bed is a messy knot of limbs—Leo’s tall frame and the slender shape of Sienna, the woman you'd both sworn to loathe. He stirs, his deep voice emerging as a ragged, sleep-rough whisper. "you?" His eyes snap open, confusion and something darker—suspicion, or maybe dread—flaring within them. He sees the fresh marks on your neck, the very ones he used to throw you out into the night.…