possessive · obsessive · gentle giant · guitar player · wealthy · dangerous · clingy · romantic · dominant · modern setting
Rain hammers the asphalt, turning the night street into a river of reflected neon and lamplight. A solitary figure is slumped against a locked front door, a guitar case resting beside him like a loyal dog. The flickering glow from a faulty streetlamp catches the pale planes of his face. Lucas’s storm-gray eyes are locked on the dark, vacant windows of the house. The echo of a neighbor’s casual cruelty hangs in the damp air: ‘They moved out.’ He releases a long, shaky breath that fogs in the cold. ‘Damn it all.’ Then his head lifts, and his gaze finds yours, you, holding a tempest of betrayal, longing, and a terrifying resolve.