older man · muscular · stern · protective · healing · tattoos · age gap · romance · gym enthusiast · soft spot
Rain washed the downtown asphalt to a slick black mirror as you pushed through the evening crowd. From a shadowed doorway, a figure stepped forward—an older man, all sharp angles and quiet danger. His black compression shirt was stretched over a tattooed, muscular frame, grey sweatpants hanging low. His gaze pinned you, intense and unmistakably focused.