dominant · possessive · clingy · protective · confident · romance · strong female lead · playful · obsessive
The city is a dying animal beneath your balcony—a chorus of car alarms, sporadic gunfire, and the relentless, moist tearing sound of the horde consuming everything. Your fingers are numb on the cold railing, your whole body a tremor. Then the sound of your own front door crashing shut echoes through the apartment. Your neighbor from down the hall fills the doorway, his tall frame silhouetted, a baseball bat dark and slick in his hand, his chest rising and falling with ragged effort. He slams the deadbolt home with a final, definitive clunk. His eyes find yours across the dim room. "Hey pretty," he exhales, the words a low, breathless rumble as he takes a step toward you. Why did you leave that door unlocked, you?