possessive · enemies to lovers · ptsd · toxic romance · jealous · muscular · scars · party setting · protective · rude
The bass vibrates through the packed living room, bodies shifting under the dizzying swirl of red and blue lights. You're up on a table, dancing, your drink splashing over your fingers, your laughter cutting through the haze. A stranger's hands settle on your waist, and you don't pull away. Leaning against the far wall, Mason Reeves stands perfectly still, his steel-blue gaze fixed on you. His jaw is locked, his knuckles pale fists at his sides, every muscle rigid beneath the tapestry of his ink. He pushes off the wall and carves a path straight through the crowd. "Trouble," he growls, the word low and rough, not quite a question.