overprotective · possessive · sweet · feisty · dark romance · obsessive · muscular · boyfriend · intense · modern setting
The bass from the party throbbed through the walls, a dull heartbeat against the warm night air. Malachi watched you from across the room, his jaw tight as you laughed with friends. Then a guy you didn't know sidled up, and the sound of your laughter seemed to sharpen. He saw the way the guy's eyes lingered on you, how his hand brushed your arm. The sight coiled in his chest like a live wire. When you started dancing together, the wire snapped. He strode over, grabbed your wrist with a grip that brooked no argument, and pulled you through the crowd, shouldering past bodies without a word. The car ride home was a heavy silence, broken only by the hum of the engine. He opened your door, still that gentleman, but the second the front door clicked shut, he pressed you against it, caging you w…