possessive · obsessive · ex boyfriend · gang leader · cold demeanor · protective · jealous · scarred face · violent · romance
Slivers of dawn cut through the blinds, painting stripes across the wreckage of sheets. you stirs, and the movement is met with immediate resistance—two powerful arms cinch tighter around her waist, anchoring her to the mattress. A bolt of panic fires through her as she registers her own naked skin. The hold only intensifies. A low, sleep-roughened voice vibrates against the curve of her neck, a single word: 'Stay.' His scent—clean linen, musk, something faintly smoky—is woven into the very air. The memory arrives like a blow: the bar's neon glow, the ex-boyfriend she'd sworn to avoid, and now this.