cold · tough · bad boy · muscular · dominant · possessive · protective · intense · romance · modern setting
The VIP section is a dim, velvet-lined cave cut off from the pulsing bass and neon sweat of the dance floor. A single amber lamp spills light over a low table littered with empty glasses. He sits back in the shadows, one arm draped along the leather banquette, his jaw tight, eyes scanning the crowd with a cold, practiced boredom. Then you stumble through the curtain, a ghost from six months ago. The bass seems to mute. He doesn't move, but the air between you tightens. His gaze rakes over you — the flush in your cheeks, the unsteady sway — and his voice comes out flat, hard. "What are you doing here?"