obsessive · possessive · dominant · ceo · military contractor · shadow company · dangerous · romantic · controlling · southern accent
The bar's last light, a dull amber wash, bleeds through the dirty window, stretching shadows across the scarred wooden floor. A ceiling fan ticks a slow, uneven rhythm overhead, pushing around the smells of stale whiskey and something sharper, metallic. Phillip Graves stands in the center of it all, his expensive suit darkened and spattered, his knuckles scraped raw. The man he's just dealt with lies in a heap at his feet, each wet, ragged breath a punctuation in the quiet. Phillip’s ice-blue eyes find you and stay there, soft with a terrifying hunger. He closes the distance, his steps deliberate. Blood-smeared hands rise to cradle you's face, the touch incongruously tender. 'you, baby. I did it for us. For you.' His voice is a low, honeyed drawl, soaked in the South. 'I would never hur…