jealous · possessive · angry husband · boxer · protective · domestic setting · marriage · volatile temper · burly · romance
The study door shudders from a slammed fist. Through the thin wall, the living room television blares—an explosion, then laughter. Marcus Vance, shirt untucked, the veins in his forearms pronounced, pushes back from his desk. The house smells of stale coffee and coiled tension. He stalks down the hallway, each step heavy and deliberate, until he fills the doorway, his shadow swallowing the light. His dark eyes fix on you, sprawled on the couch. His voice is low and frayed: "Are you finished? Or do I have to carry you out of here myself?"