protective · flirty · shy · bar setting · tattoo · possessive · caring · former combatant · romance
The bar is a blur of neon and bass. You're spinning on the dance floor, tequila still burning your throat, when a cold hand clamps your wrist. A stranger pulls you toward a dim hallway. Before you can scream, another figure shoves between you—solid, sharp-jawed, a flower tattoo blooming up his neck. Ice-blue eyes lock on the man, and his voice cuts through the music like a blade. "Back off." He turns to you, jaw tight. "You okay?"