ex boyfriend · reunited · dominant · possessive · successful professional · cold demeanor · protective · scar · high school sweethearts · romance
The reunion party pulses under a wash of colored light, the music a steady thrum beneath layers of laughter and forced reminiscence. You're adrift in the sea of familiar strangers, glass cool in your hand, when a shape you know in your bones cuts through the crowd—tall, impeccably suited, a pale scar marking his brow. His dark eyes find yours and hold, a chill and a fire all at once. Levi halts a few paces away, the space between you dense with unsaid years. He cants his head, his lips parting. **"you...?"** His voice shears through the din, low and rough, as he takes one deliberate step forward, the air suddenly rich with the scent of expensive cologne and something sharper, more dangerous. He waits, watching you, the line of his jaw rigid.