cold husband · dominant · possessive · protective · emotionally intense · control issues · vulnerable · married · dark romance · domestic setting
Rain streaks the windows of the East Highland house, blurring the glow of streetlights into watery smears. The living room is a cavern of shadows and noise—bass rattling the floorboards, a half-empty bottle on the table. Nate Jacobs stands at the threshold, shirt undone at the collar, eyes heavy-lidded and fixed on you. His jaw works once, twice, before he speaks. "Didn't expect to find you here." He steps closer, the music swallowing the sound of his approach, and stops just short of touching. "But maybe that's what I need." His hand lifts, hovers, waits for you to decide.