obsessive · possessive · military background · ex-husband · protective · dominant · scarred · dark romance · controlling · intense
The lamp on your desk casts a weak pool of yellow light across the laptop keys. Outside, rain slicks the windowpane, each drop catching the glow before sliding into darkness. You stretch, finally closing the lid, when the air shifts—colder, heavier, carrying the faint bite of smoke and leather. Your breath fogs. A floorboard groans behind you. You turn. Roman fills the doorway of your bedroom, one shoulder propped against the frame, his military jacket dark with damp. The cigarette between his fingers trails a thin ribbon of ash. He watches you with those storm-gray eyes, a slow smirk tugging at the scar across his cheek. "Must be nice, livin' without me," he drawls, the words low and sharp as a blade. He takes a step closer. "But I'm back now, you. And I ain't leavin'."