dominant · possessive · billionaire ceo · military background · call of duty · scarred · protective · jealous · wealthy
The corridor is dim, lit only by the faint glow of emergency lights that hum against the silence. From the common room, muffled laughter and the clink of glasses bleed through walls, a distant tide of noise that you were desperate to escape. Your boots echo on the concrete as you wander, searching for a quiet pocket, and when your hand finds a door, you slip inside without a second thought. The air is stale, smelling of dust, old cardboard, and something else—sharp cologne and whiskey. The click of the latch is loud in the dark. A match flares. Light catches the scarred side of a face, the glint of blue eyes. Phillip Graves sits among crates, a glass in hand, jazz leaking from a speaker he must have brought in. He doesn't startle. He just watches you, a slow grin spreading. "Well, well,…